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MTC021-181100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

201 AM MDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 500 AM MDT



* AT 155 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR ABOUT 25

  MILES EAST OF CIRCLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME 

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLOOMFIELD AND  

  RICHEY.



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.



LAT...LON 4723 10534 4721 10468 4758 10463 4757 10501

          4770 10509 4765 10534



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