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SDC025-029-039-051-057-210830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

936 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  DEUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

  HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. AS OF 930 PM 

CDT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND THE WATERTOWN 

AREA.



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

ROADWAY. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL

OF YOU VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL

FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



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