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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

726 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY SD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FALL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT



* AT 726 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN EDGEMONT

  ...OELRICHS AND HOT SPRINGS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED 

  BY RADAR SINCE 500 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE

  TO AFFECT FALL RIVER COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

  TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY. AREAS AFFECTED WITH FLASH FLOODING

  WILL BE HAT CREEK...HORSEHEAD CREEK...BEAVER CREEK AND FALL RIVER

  AND AREAS NEAR THOSE WATERWAYS.



USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS

OF FLASH FLOODS. AVOID CREEKS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. DO NOT WALK OR

DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



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