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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
942 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2009
SDC047-031530-
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FALL RIVER SD-
942 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FALL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 930 AM MDT FRIDAY
* AT 937 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED AND DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG HAT AND INDIAN CREEKS
IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN FALL RIVER COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT...WILL CAUSE THESE CREEKS TO RISE AND FLOODING
TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY FROM
15 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE TO ARDMORE...AND THEN NORTH ALONG HAT
CREEK AND HIGHWAY 71 TO THE EAST OF RUMFORD.
SOME LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ALREADY HAVE SOME WATER OVER THE ROAD WHERE
CULVERTS HAVE BECOME BLOCKED ALONG HAT AND INDIAN CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4329 10356 4300 10355 4301 10406 4308 10405
4309 10371 4325 10364 4332 10366 4332 10355
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