

901 

RWUS32 KBIS 160650

FFSBIS

NDZ045-160745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1241 AM MDT MON JUL 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SIOUX COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

MDT(400 AM CDT)...



AT 1241 AM MDT(141 AM CDT) DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO SIOUX COUNTY. RADAR ALSO INDICATED

AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN HOUR SOUTH OF SELFRIDGE.

HIGHWAYS 24 AND 6 SOUTH OF SELFRIDGE WILL LIKELY BE INUNDATED.



THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN

SELFRIDGE IN AN HOUR THAT ENDED AT 1241 AM MDT. 





A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



NNNN

