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MTC021-083-251245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1240 AM MDT WED JUL 25 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAWSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 645 AM MDT



* AT 1240 AM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF

  LAMBERT TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF INTAKE...OR FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF

  CULBERTSON TO 22 MILES NORTH OF GLENDIVE...MOVING EAST 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...RICHEY...BLOOMFIELD...ENID...LAMBERT...

  SIDNEY...CRANE AND SAVAGE



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.



LAT...LON 4779 10536 4722 10535 4701 10522 4689 10501

          4687 10453 4698 10439 4719 10441 4738 10447

          4742 10410 4797 10409 4810 10481 4804 10521

          4782 10521



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