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SDC045-107-129-040345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

745 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

  EDMUNDS COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

  POTTER COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

 VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL

 REPORTS INDICATE THAT DITCHES ARE FULL AND ROADS ARE COVERED WITH

 WATER.



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

NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS OR FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS...ACT

QUICKLY...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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DORN

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