WGUS83 KUNR 091528
FLSUNR

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
927 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008

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BUTTE SD-CROOK WY-MEADE SD-LAWRENCE SD-
927 AM MDT FRI MAY 9 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
LAWRENCE...SOUTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN CROOK AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN BUTTE COUNTIES...

FLOODING CONTINUES ON ELK CREEK...BEAR BUTTE CREEK...SPEARFISH 
CREEK...REDWATER RIVER...AND WHITEWOOD CREEK AND ALL THEIR 
TRIBUTARIES IN THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE 
EXPECTED TO STAY AT CURRENT LEVELS TODAY.

MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT...AND SATURDAY 
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/2 INCH...BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PROLONG 
THE FLOODING CAUSING CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE OVER THE WEEKEND.

ACCESS TO 7TH STREET...8TH STREET AND SLY STREET IN STURGIS ARE 
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO WATER IS FLOWING OVER RACCOON AND 
ELK ROADS IN STURGIS.

SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING ROADS IN SPEARFISH AND 
BOULDER CANYON HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM AND SOME ARE CLOSED.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR BRIDGES...THEY MAY BE WASHED 
OUT...AND VEHICLES CAN BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOWING WATER ONLY ONE TO TWO
FEET DEEP. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN FLOOD WATERS ARE 
DIFFICULT TO SEE.

LAT...LON 4445 10339 4437 10343 4430 10342 4415 10331
      4415 10356 4416 10401 4420 10406 4424 10423
      4462 10419 4463 10376

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