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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

228 AM MDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 530 AM MDT



* AT 225 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SHERIDAN             

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH       

  FLOODING INCLUDE PLENTYWOOD...WESTBY...ANTELOPE...MEDICINE         

  LAKE...HOMESTEAD AND DAGMAR.



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 4861 10496 4856 10469 4844 10460 4840 10407

          4897 10410 4899 10507



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