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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

515 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM

MDT...



AT 505 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AND MUD FLOWS IN 

THE CITY OF DEADWOOD BETWEEN 400 AND 500 P.M. MDT. BETWEEN ONE THIRD 

AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE AREA IN AND AROUND DEADWOOD 

THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HAS CAUSED THE SOILS ON THE SLOPES ABOVE 

DEADWOOD TO BECOME SATURATED AND FLOW ONTO THE ROADWAYS IN THE 

DOWNTOWN AREA.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF ROADS BEING 

CLOSED AND CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS BEING EVACUATED IN DOWNTOWN 

DEADWOOD. TRAVEL THROUGH DEADWOOD IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME.



EVEN THOUGH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT THIS 

TIME...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 P.M. THIS 

EVENING DUE TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND MUDFLOWS WHICH MAY OCCUR.



LAT...LON 4460 10356 4417 10359 4416 10404 4456 10404



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