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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

631 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST CUSTER AND WESTERN 

PENNINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME EASTERN WESTON 

COUNTY IN WYOMING UNTIL 930 PM MDT...



AT 631 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN THE MOON AND DITCH CREEK 

CAMPGROUNDS. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3.5 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THIS AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 P.M. MDT.  THE 

AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE REDBIRD CANYON...THE SOUTH FORK OF CASTLE 

CREEK...DITCH CREEK...AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CANYONS IN THIS 

AREA.



FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...

AND ADJACENT RANCHLAND. SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED. DO NOT WALK

OR DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



LEAVE CAMPSITES ALONG CREEKS IMMEDIATELY...EVEN IF THE WATER HAS NOT

STARTED TO RISE. DO NOT WASTE TIME TRYING TO SAVE TENTS OR OTHER

EQUIPMENT...YOU MAY BECOME TRAPPED.



LAT...LON 4400 10413 4376 10414 4378 10387 4402 10388



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