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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

841 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FALL RIVER COUNTY UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT MDT...



AT 841 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN BETWEEN HOT 

SPRINGS...RUMFORD AND AND EDGEMONT. RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN NEAR ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR SINCE 500 PM.



THROUGH 1000 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

NEAR ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR AND HOT SPRINGS. 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES 

OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM ORAL TO ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR.



SOME WATERWAYS AFFECTED WILL BE HAT CREEK...HORSEHEAD CREEK...BEAVER 

CREEK AND FALL RIVER.



PERSONS NEAR HAT CREEK...PLUM CREEK AND ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR SHOULD 

BE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED.



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



LAT...LON 4347 10317 4302 10316 4302 10403 4347 10405



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