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Storm rips roof off house trapping family inside 

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Near 7th St SE, Watertown, SD 57201
A strong storm tore the entire roof off a house, which fell onto another house. Tree branches blocked roads, and a family inside the damaged home was trapped and did not speak English. Emergency responders are working to help the family evacuate safely.
Audio|Source: Codington County Public Safety
03:27

Transcript:
104, you can show me on CNN toll. Your department is here. 10.4. 323[2]. Can you start me a call in the 700 block of 6th Avenue southeast? I don't know if it's going to be a trailer house top that got ripped off, but something's missing a top and is laying on another house across the road. 10.4. Dillity says roadblocks on all corners. I can be back tonight. 5-2[1]-3233. Go ahead. The address is going to be 610. 10 far? We have a call for a tree branch in the Mills Road at 6th Street Southeast and 4th Avenue Southeast. 5-2-323. 323. I believe it's going to be 610, 6th Street, Southeast. The entire roof is ripped off. I'm going to see if anybody's home. 120[3]. Add another one to your list, the toner block of North Broadway, right in front of Masonic Temple, large branch, partially in the roadway. All right. 5'2. What was the location of that branch? Sixth Street, Southeast, and 4th Avenue Southeast. Ciao. Let me be partially blocking the road. 10.205. That one on Broadway, is that in the roadway? Ten four. Ten four. Thank you. in the roadway. 4th Avenue, southeast, partially in the roadway. One, 163. Another free 5-2 unit available? 120 at South Farm. 120, this roof is caving in. There's a whole family here. They don't speak English trying to get them out of the house. That's for them. Might be I can hit your way as well? If you want to send the FBI to that way as well?

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
5-2: Unit identifier
[2]
323: Unit identifier
[3]
120: Unit identifier

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Near 7th St SE, Watertown, SD 57201
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