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RWUS31 KBIS 160219

FFSBIS

NDZ045-046-160900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

915 PM CDT (815 PM MDT) SUN JUL 15 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SIOUX AND EMMONS COUNTIES OF 

SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM MDT...400 AM CDT MONDAY...



RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TONIGHT HAS SATURATED THE GROUND 

OVER MOST OF SIOUX AND EMMONS COUNTIES. FLOODWATERS FROM EARLIER 

TONIGHT HAVE RECEDED AND AS OF LATE SUNDAY EVENING NO OTHER FLOODING 

WAS OCCURRING. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL IN THE FORECAST 

FOR THE OVERNIGHT. IF STORMS MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA FLOODING COULD 

RESULT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS 

AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA 

SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE 

ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR.



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JP MARTIN

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