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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
210 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2009
...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
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NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-
CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAD...DEADWOOD...SPEARFISH...
RAPID CITY...HILL CITY...MT RUSHMORE...CUSTER...FOLSOM...WALL...
STURGIS...UNION CENTER...HERMOSA
210 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN FOOT HILLS. IN
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...CUSTER CO PLAINS...HERMOSA FOOT HILLS
AND SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS. IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
CENTRAL BLACK HILLS...NORTHERN BLACK HILLS...PENNINGTON CO
PLAINS...RAPID CITY...SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS AND
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA. THE
HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND LEAD TO RAPID
RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG
STREAMS...CREEKS...CANYONS...AND DRAWS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH
AREA...MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED
FORECASTS. BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...IF HEAVY
RAIN OCCURS...RISING WATER LEVELS ARE OBSERVED...OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
Record high temperature 110.1°F Record low temperature -20.9°F Record high gust 48.5 mph Record high average 42.3 mph Record daily rain 3.03 in. Record low windchill -33.9°F Record high barometer 30.652 in. Record low barometer 26.459 in.
Daily high pressure 30.158 in. Daily low pressure 30.040 in. Daily low windchill 59.9°F Daily high heat index 78.8°F Daily high gust speed 11.8 mph E Daily high average speed 7.6 mph E
Tmax Weather Center Spearfish, SD 57783
LAST READING AT TIME: 20:17 DATE: 02 July 2009
Current Weatherclear_ Current Temperature 61.2°F (16.2°C), Apparent temp 63.6°F
Maximum Temperature (since midnight)78.1°F at: 15:41 Minimum Temperature (since midnight)59.9°F at: 03:38
Average windspeed (ten minute)0.2 mph Wind Direction (ten minute)ESE (112°)
Windchill Temperature 61.2°F Maximum Gust (last hour)4.0 mph at: 19:56
Maximum Gust (since midnight)11.8 mph at: 16:57 Maximum 1 minute average (since midnight)7.6 mph at: 16:58
Rainfall (last hour)0.000 in. (0.0 mm) Rainfall (since midnight)0.079 in. (2.0 mm) at 18:41
Rainfall This month 0.08 in. (2.0 mm) Rainfall To date this year 8.583 in. (218.0 mm)
Maximum rain per minute (last hour)0.000 in/min Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours)0.079 in/hour
Yesterdays rainfall 0.000 in DewPoint 59.1°F (Wet Bulb :60.0°F )
Humidity 93 %, Humidex 68.4°F Barometer corrected to msl30.129 in. (1020.3 hPa) (QNH 0.000 in.)
Pressure change 0.00 in. (last hour) Trend (last hour)STEADY
Pressure change (last 12 hours)+0.00 in Pressure change (last 6 hours)+0.03 in

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IF ANY OF THESE SIGNATURES APPEARS ON THE ABOVE RADAR, SEEK SHELTER IMEDIATLY,INSIDE A STUDEY STRUCTURE, STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS, AND DO NOT GO OUT IN THE STORM. IF A TORNADIC OR MESOCYCLONIC ICON APPEARS NEAR YOUR LOCATION SEEK SHELTER WITHIN A BASEMENT, IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNER MOST PART OF THE STRUCTURE (AN INTERIOR BATHROOM OR BEDROOM WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WINDOWS AND PUTS THE MOST WALL BETWEEN YOU AND THE STORM), IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME, OR AUTOMOBILE ABANDON THEM AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE (TYPICALLY A STORM SHELTER), DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES THIS OFFERS NO PROTECTION WHATSOEVER; YOUR CAR ALSO DOESN’T PROVIDE PROTECTION. IF A STRUCTURE IS NOT AVAILABLE LYE FLAT IN A RAVINE OR LOW DITCH, COVERING YOUR HEAD AND NECK. AS WITH ANY STORM STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND TREE'S AVOID GOING OUTSIDE TILL THE DANGER HAS PAST. FLASH FLOODING CAN OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING FROM A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM, AND THE THUNDERSTORM DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OVER YOU TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING DOWNSTREAM. DO NOT WALK THRU MOVING WATER. SIX INCHES OF MOVING WATER CAN MAKE YOU FALL. IF YOU HAVE TO WALK IN WATER, WALK WHERE THE WATER IS NOT MOVING. USE A STICK TO CHECK THE FIRMNESS OF THE GROUND IN FRONT OF YOU. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. IF FLOODWATERS RISE AROUND YOUR CAR,ABANDON YOUR CAR AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE CAN BE QUICKLY SWEPT AWAY. DO NOT COME OUT OF YOUR SAFE PLACE UNTILL THE ALL CLEAR HAS SOUNDED OR SUFFICIENT TIME HAS PASSED FOR THE STORM TO COMPLETELY HAVE PASSED, ALWAYS KEEP A NOAA RADIO WITH FRESH BATTERIES, AND OR A RADIO TUNED TO LOCAL CHANNELS HANDY TO LISTEN IN ON NEWS REPORTS INCASE THE ALL CLEAR SIRENS WERE TAKEN DOWN OR DAMAGED IN THE STORM. THOSE WHO HEED THESE WARNINGS WILL TELL YOU IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BEING TOO PREPARED.

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  • CITY: Spearfish
  • COUNTY: Lawrence
  • STATE: SOUTH DAKOTA
  • COUNTRY: US
  • TIMEZONE: Mountain
  • CWA: UNR
  • NWS ZONE: SD025 Northern Foot Hills
  • NWS FIRE ZONE: UNR260
  • GACC: RMCC Rocky Mountain
  • SUBGACC: 260
  • MESOWEST INSERT DATE: 2004-07-20
  • LAST CHANGED: 2008-02-04
  • WMO or other ID: 9999999
  • MADIS or other ID: C2295
  • CWOP or other ID: CW2295
  • WUND or other ID: KSDSPEAR1
  • HAMWX or other ID: KRGHSPEARF
  • ANYWX or other ID: SD-Spearfish

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    NOTE: PRECIPITATION OFFSET

    During the Winter Months, precipitation amounts may be off due to freezing conditions, and or the rain gauge fills with snow and it doesn't melt till a later time. So be patient eventually all rain information will correct itself. Also the humidity and dew point may be off due to the extreme temperature changes we experience in this location, the sensor gets covered with frost due to high humidity and extreme low temps and stops reading totally. The temperature/humidity sensor since it is 90% exposed, is vulnerable to these conditions. The temperature reads accurately. As the temperatures approaches up to the freezing point the sensors become operational. Sorry for this, there isn’t much I can do about Mother Nature when she decides to freeze something. Also Mother Nature in her cruel irony, has decided to give us lots of ice from time to time, so I have found out the anemometer (wind gauge/wind direction) can get ice covered/snow covered and also stops reading, argh got to love it? NOT!

    NOTE: MEASURE SNOWFALL PROPERLY

    Measuring snowfall by "inches" is very dependent on the density of the snow, and the freeze thaw cycle compounds the uncertainty, and of course drifting has a big effect. The rough rule of thumb is that the ratio of snow to water is a 10 to 1 Ratio. Simply 10 inches of snow = 1 inch of liquid precipitation. You can use a ruler to measure snowfall as it comes down, but the complication behind that is simple, snow melts on impact with warmer ground till the ground cools down, therefore the total will be off. This station uses a liquid measuring system, as the snow falls into the rain gauge it is melted by a low-level heat source, and it measured as liquid precipitation. Also certain times the temperature is so cold that even the low level heat source does not melt it right away. Since snow is of different densities, and different moisture contents when it falls, liquid measurements are the only truly accurate representation of total true amount of snow that has fallen, even though there may seem to be much more on the ground then the rain gauge says there is. For example, a storm in late February 2004 dropped 24.1 inches of ruler measured snowfall on us, but once liquefied it measured just a little over an inch of liquid precipitation. Does that mean we only got 10 inches, no, but one thing it does prove, measuring with a stick, and measuring with a rain gauge are to very different means by which to do it. Doesn't make shoveling it any less of a headache, nor driving in it any less hazardous. Just remember perceptions of snow, and actualities of snowfall are very different. Just because it looks like a lot, doesn't mean there is a lot. Also of note: This varies with different kinds of snow, and some snows are characterized as "wet snows," and some as "dry snows." The water equivalent of wet snows may be as low as 6 or 8 to 1. This means 6 inches of snow equals one inch of liquid. A dry snow may have a ratio of 20 to 1, or even as high as 50 to 1 in very cold arctic regions. This means it would take 50 inches of snow to equal one inch of liquid. So you decide it's all a matter of perception, and precipitation.

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