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RWUS32 KBIS 152206

FFSBIS

NDZ045-046-160045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

400 PM MDT (500 PM CDT) SUN JUL 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN SIOUX AND NORTHERN 

AND WESTERN EMMONS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT (745 PM CDT)...



AT 400 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN CONTINUED 

BETWEEN SELFRIDGE AND THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...INCLUDING ALONG 

HIGHWAY 6. THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF HAS CLOSED HIGHWAY 6 AT THE 

HIGHWAY 6/24 JUNCTION. HE SAID WATER WAS RUNNING OVER THE 

HIGHWAY...AND OVER MANY OTHER ROADS IN THE AREA. HE ALSO SAID THAT 

THE WATER WAS RISING VERY QUICKLY.



HEAVY RAIN ALSO CONTINUED FROM NEAR FORT YATES TO HAZELTON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS...STREAMS...DITCHES...AND HIGHWAYS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD GET TO HIGHER GROUND



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES /6.50/ INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SIOUX 

COUNTY BETWEEN SELFRIDGE AND THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.



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JP MARTIN



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