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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

439 PM MDT SAT AUG 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 

800 PM MDT...



AT 433 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN .75 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN IN THE FIRE AREA SOUTHWEST OF DEADWOOD...AND THE AUTOMATED 

RAIN GAUGE JUST ABOVE HOSPITAL GULCH HAD REPORTED 0.7 OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

ESPECIALLY NEAR WHISTLERS...HOSPITAL AND SPRUCE GULCHES IN THE 

DEADWOOD AREA...AS WELL AS THE TOWN OF DEADWOOD.



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

AND URBAN ROADWAYS. ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT. 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 4439 10369 4432 10370 4435 10377 4439 10376



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