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WGUS43 KABR 160845 CCA
FLWABR
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
241 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013
SDC031-162030-
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CORSON SD-
241 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CORSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT WEDNESDAY/330 PM CDT WEDNESDAY/
* AT 233 AM MDT/333 AM CDT/...THE STREAM GAUGE FOR OAK CREEK AT
WAKPALA WAS REPORTING A READING OF 10.08 FT AND RISING. FLOOD
STAGE IS 10 FEET. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE CREEK
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCLAUGHLIN...INDIAN MEMORIAL REC AREA...MAHTO AND WAKPALA.
OAK CREEK AT WAKPALA IS A DATA POINT...NOT A FORECAST POINT. SO IT
IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH HIGHER THE STREAM LEVEL WILL RISE
OR FOR HOW LONG IT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4583 10075 4573 10053 4562 10042 4558 10043
4557 10046 4557 10048 4569 10060 4580 10083
4594 10095 4595 10084
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DORN