898  
WGUS63 KABR 201732  
FFAABR  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
1232 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2024  
 
.A PERSISTENT AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING THE  
POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY  
NIGHT. AS THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE PREVALENT TONIGHT THROUGH  
FRIDAY, LOCALIZED HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
SDZ018>020-022-023-036-037-048-051-210145-  
/O.NEW.KABR.FA.A.0001.240620T1732Z-240622T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLEAR LAKE, KENNEBEC, CLARK, WATERTOWN,  
HIGHMORE, FORT THOMPSON, MILLER, REDFIELD, AND HAYTI  
1232 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING  
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA, BUFFALO, HAND,  
HYDE AND LYMAN. IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, CLARK, CODINGTON,  
DEUEL, HAMLIN AND SPINK.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
THE WATCH AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES  
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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