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WGUS53 KBIS 160602

FFWBIS

NDC085-160900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1157 PM MDT SUN JUL 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SIOUX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 300 AM MDT(400 AM CDT)



* AT 1157 PM MDT(1257 AM CDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY...OR ABOUT 48

  MILES SOUTH OF BISMARCK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



THE HEAVY RAIN IS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA WHERE FLASH FLOODING 

OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING.  RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 8 INCHES

OF RAIN FELL SOUTH OF SELFRIDGE EARLY THIS EVENING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4613 10103 4601 10090 4604 10067 4625 10079

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