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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

441 AM MDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MCCONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

  NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 745 AM MDT



* AT 436 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED          

THUNDERSTORMS HAD DROPPED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

RICHEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CIRCLE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 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...RICHEY AND THE LOWER REDWATER RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

COULEES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4753 10540 4742 10516 4760 10499 4802 10478

          4812 10480 4807 10503 4807 10525 4804 10540

          4780 10541



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