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WGUS73 KUNR 032120

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SDC103-032300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

320 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PENNINGTON 

COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT...



AT 315 PM MDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED RAPID CREEK IS OUT OF ITS 

BANKS NEAR CREEK DRIVE IN RAPID VALLEY.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN RAPID CITY AND RAPID VALLEY. 

...AN ESTIMATED 2.00 TO 2.50 INCHES FELL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RAPID 

CITY THROUGH RAPID VALLEY.



THE GAUGE ON HAWTHORN DITCH ON EAST SAINT PATRICK STREET HAS 

REPORTED SIGNIFICANT RISES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE HEAVY RAIN 

EVENT. PERSONS IN RAPID VALLEY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF YOU 

HAVE INTERESTS NEAR RAPID CREEK.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING WEST OF RAPID CITY AND WILL 

AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 400 PM MDT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON 

SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE INCREASED RUNOFF.  PERSONS IN RAPID CITY 

SHOULD ALSO WATCH OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND DITCHES.



IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN RISING WATER...LEAVE IT AND MOVE QUICKLY TO

HIGHER GROUND. YOUR CAR CAN BE SWEPT AWAY BY ONLY A FEW FEET OF FAST-

MOVING WATER. DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER

COVERS THE GROUND



LAT...LON 4415 10306 4401 10308 4402 10332 4414 10333



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