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SDC065-119-201015-



SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

850 PM CST MON MAR 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A SMALL 

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN SOUTH DAKOTA

     SOUTHEASTERN SULLY AND NORTHERN HUGHES



DUE TO THE RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES AND THE ACCOMPANYING 

SNOWMELT...THE WEST FORK OF MEDICINE CREEK IN SULLY COUNTY HAS 

STARTED TO FLOOD. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADS AND 

BRIDGES ALONG WITH LOW-LYING AREAS BEING INUNDATED. ICE JAMMING HAS 

ALSO CAUSED THE CREEK TO RISE. AS THIS WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM 

...EXPECT THE CREEK TO RISE SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN HUGHES COUNTY 

...ESPECIALLY NEAR BLUNT. AGAIN...ICE JAMMING COULD CAUSE EVEN 

HIGHER RISES IN THE CREEK ALONG WITH WATER BACKUP. 



WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE 

NEXT FEW DAYS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MELT THE SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA 

WHICH MAY KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH ON MEDICINE CREEK.



IF YOU LIVE NEAR MEDICINE CREEK...KEEP ALERT FOR RISING WATERS AND 

DO NOT CROSS A FLOODED ROAD.



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