Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jun 8, 2005, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brown County, SD

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KABR 082038
FFWABR
SDC013-090830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
334 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.

* AT 328 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SOUTHERN DICKEY COUNTY  
  NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED A POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE ON THE PHEASANT      
  LAKE DAM. THIS LAKE IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF THE BROWN
  COUNTY BORDER...AND FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO ELM LAKE. 

* THE DAM STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE AND COULD GIVE WAY AT ANY TIME      
  THIS WILL CAUSE EXTREME FLOODING OF ELM LAKE AND THE ELM RIVER.    
  THERE IS ALREADY LOW LAND FLOODING ALONG THE ELM RIVER AND WATER   
  IS CURRENTLY TOPPING THE ELM LAKE SPILLWAY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY   
  DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. PERSONS LIVING ALONG ELM LAKE 
OR THE ELM RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

LAT...LON 4593 9843 4547 9839 4555 9871 4593 9872

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HINTZ

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