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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

943 PM MDT MON AUG 5 2002



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

MIDNIGHT MDT...



AT 943 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR 

ESTIMATED NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR ANGOSTURA RESERVOIR 

SINCE 500 PM. THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON NEARBY CREEKS 

AND STREAM LATE THIS EVENING.



OTHER POCKETS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ESTIMATED RAIN WERE NOTED SOUTH OF 

EDGEMONT AND EAST OF ARDMORE.



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 4345 10304 4304 10302 4305 10404 4346 10403



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