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RWUS32 KBIS 160045

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NDZ045-046-160130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

645 PM MDT (745 PM CDT) SUN JUL 15 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR EASTERN SIOUX AND 

NORTHERN AND WESTERN EMMONS COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM MDT THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE RAIN IN THE 

FLOODED AREAS OF SIOUX COUNTY HAD STOPPED...AND THE WATER WAS 

RECEDING. HE WAS OPENING HIGHWAYS 6 AND 24 TO TRAFFIC AS THE WATER 

HAD GONE DOWN ENOUGH THAT IT WAS NO LONGER RUNNING OVER THE ROADS.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...RADAR 

INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST...TOWARD THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER. THERE IS STILL A 

CHANCE FOR MORE RAIN IN EMMONS AND SIOUX COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...AND SO 

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WATCH...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM 

CDT...300 AM MDT MONDAY.



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN SIOUX OR EMMONS COUNTIES TONIGHT USE EXTRA 

CAUTION. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE INTO THE WATER.



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JP MARTIN

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