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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1055 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BIG STONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORTONVILLE...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1050 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  YANKEETOWN...GRACEVILLE...CLINTON AND BONANZA GROVE

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THERE IS WATER OVER HIGHWAY 75
NORTH OF ORTONVILLE.  AND MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY OVER THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE OR EXTEND IN COVERAGE THE FLOODING THAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. IN ADDITION RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4519 9618 4525 9631 4527 9645 4534 9648
      4537 9653 4541 9668 4544 9673 4551 9676
      4558 9683 4558 9625 4542 9623 4541 9612
      4519 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 180DEG 0KT 4544 9634

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