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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

150 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

     CODINGTON



AT 141 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF CODINGTON COUNTY. 



THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF 

WATERTOWN...NEAR LAKE PELICAN. COUNTY ROADS 19 AND 17 NORTH OF 

WATERTOWN HAVE ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO RUNNING WATER OVER THE ROAD. 

RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT UPWARDS OF 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

NORTH OF WATERTOWN...IN THE FLORENCE AND RAUVILLE AREAS.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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