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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1107 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

  

* UNTIL 300 AM MDT



* AT 1056 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRUSETT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF

  SAND SPRINGS...OR FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF JORDAN TO 38 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF JORDAN...MOVING EAST 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...SAND SPRINGS...EDWARDS...BRUSSETT AND           

  JORDAN...HILLSIDE AND COHAGEN



AT 1100 PM MDT...SPOTTERS NEAR BRUSSETT HAVE REPORTED THAT SOME 

ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE AND THAT THE DITCHES AND COULEES ARE STARTING 

TO FILL UP AGAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM AND PREVIOUS STORMS THIS EVENING 

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 4760 10757 4686 10778 4687 10630 4760 10630



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