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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

340 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...HYDE 

...LYMAN...GRANT...TRAVERSE...BUFFALO...ROBERTS...STANLEY...SULLY 

...BIG STONE...EDMUNDS...DAY...BROWN...MCPHERSON ...DEUEL...FAULK 

...CODINGTON...CLARK...JONES...MARSHALL...HAND...SPINK...HAMLIN AND 

HUGHES UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING (300 AM MDT).



A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS 

STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO 

MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME WEST 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT 

TIMES WITH TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL 

MINNESOTA. LOCALLY AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN 

WILL END QUICKLY ON THURSDAY MORNING.  



MANY AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND 

THE GROUND IS SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FURTHER ENHANCE 

EXISTING FLOOD PROBLEMS. THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN TO 

CAUSE PROBLEMS SUCH AS DRAINAGE BACKUP AND STREET FLOODING.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE 

PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS OR A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING BE ISSUED.



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