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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1003 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

  

* UNTIL 130 AM MDT



* AT 950 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 22 MILES WEST OF MALTA 

  TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ZORTMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...MALTA...SLEEPING BUFFALO AND WAGNER



TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT COULEES ARE STARTING TO FILL UP, 

AND CULVERTS ARE OVERFLOWING...GENERALLY BETWEEN THE MALTA AND 

ZORTMAN AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

COULEES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4832 10835 4757 10810 4791 10743 4860 10733



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