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RWUS32 KBIS 152302

FFSBIS

NDZ045-046-160045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

500 PM MDT (600 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 500 PM MDT HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MOST OF SIOUX AND EMMONS 

COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST WAS FALLING ON THE NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH 

DAKOTA STATE LINE SOUTH OF SELFRIDGE. 



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

24 JUNCTION. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING HIGHWAY 24 AT MILE 

MARKER ONE. THIS IS JUST EAST OF THE 6 AND 24 JUNCTION. HE SAID 

WATER...THREE FEET DEEP...WAS RUNNING OVER THE HIGHWAY...AND OVER 

MANY OTHER ROADS IN THE AREA. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE WATER CONTINUED 

TO RISE. A BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL STATED THAT TREES AND 

LOGS WERE FLOATING IN THE WATER AND ACROSS THE ROADS.



FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA GET TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SIOUX 

COUNTY BETWEEN SELFRIDGE AND THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER SINCE 2 PM MDT.



JP MARTIN



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