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WGUS53 KABR 221827

FFWABR

SDC013-222000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

124 PM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF OVER 3 INCHES  

  IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA  

  THROUGH 3 PM CDT. 



REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS INDICATE VEHICHLES ARE BECOMING STRANDED IN 

STANDING WATER IN PARTS OF ABERDEEN.  



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.



HARDING

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