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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

439 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

     GRANT AND DEUEL



IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

     TRAVERSE AND BIG STONE



AT 453 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST SOUTH 

DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



NUMEROUS COUNTRY ROADS ARE UNDERWATER THROUGH OUT THE ADVISORY AREA. 

PART OF U.S. HIGHWAY 75 NORTH OF ORTONVILLE IN BIG STONE COUNTY IS 

UNDERWATER. 



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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