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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

956 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT SATURDAY

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

     GRANT...ROBERTS...DEUEL...CODINGTON...CLARK AND HAMLIN



IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

     TRAVERSE AND BIG STONE



HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE CAUSED MANY AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO 

RISE AND FLOOD. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER AN 

AREA STRETCHING FROM BRYANT NORTHEAST TOWARD WATERTOWN AND THEN 

FURTHER NORTHEAST TOWARD WHEATON AND ORTONVILLE.



MANY RURAL AND TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE REPORTEDLY UNDER WATER. SOME OF 

THE FLOODING HAS BEEN CAUSED BY ICED OVER CULVERTS THAT ARENT 

ALLOWING THE WATER TO DRAIN PROPERLY. 



MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THIS REGION TODAY...HOWEVER RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE A QUARTER INCH OR LESS.  THEREFORE SOME 

IMPROVEMENT IN THE FLOODING SITUATION IS EXPECTED BY LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON. 



FLOODING CAN BE DANGEROUS SO PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED 

ROAD.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.



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TDK

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