THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A * SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 108 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF WATER HAS FALLEN...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF SPEARFISH CREEK. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...AREAS ALONG SPEARFISH CREEK SUCH AS NEAR CHEYENNE CROSSING AND SAVOY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:24:29 +0000