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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

215 PM MDT WED SEP 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM

MDT...



AT 215 PM...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF 

LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND DEADWOOD BURNED BY THE 

GRIZZLY GULCH FIRE. AROUND AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER IS SLOWLY OVERFLOWING STRAW 

BALES USED IN SOIL RETENTION PROJECTS IN THE GRIZZLY GULCH BURN AREA.



THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THIS   

AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS BURNED BY FOREST FIRES. THIS        

INCLUDES WHISTLERS...HOSPITAL...SPRUCE...AND PECKS GULCHES IN THE 

DEADWOOD AREA.



TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY IF YOU LIVE 

ALONG A STREAM OR CREEK IN THESE AREAS. DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS 

ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



LAT...LON 4440 10362 4430 10362 4430 10378 4439 10377



JOHNSON

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