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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1018 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY 

...SLOPE AND BOWMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM MDT...



AT 1018 PM MDT...REPORTS FROM SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY... 

BETWEEN 2 AND 8 MILES EAST OF GOLVA...INDICATE RAPIDLY RISING WATER 

IN CREEKS AND DITCHES. SEVERAL DEAD LIVESTOCK HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

FROM THE RISING WATER. IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY 

...EAST OF GOLVA...DO NOT TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. THIS IS A 

LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 



IN SLOPE COUNTY...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM SOUTHEAST OF GOLVA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF 

AMIDON. MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL OCCURRED IN RURAL AREAS AND THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NOT RECEIVED REPORTS OF FLOODING AS OF 

YET. THE STORM IN SLOPE COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED...HOWEVER CREEKS AND 

DITCHES CAN STILL RAPIDLY RISE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



IN WESTERN BOWMAN COUNTY...THE STORM PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL HAS PASSED WEST OF THE TOWNS OF RHAME AND BOWMAN. RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM NEAR MARMARTH TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL 

PORTION OF THE COUNTY SUGGEST RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN CREEKS AND 

DITCHES REMAINS A THREAT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...HOWEVER BOWMAN AND 

RHAME ARE NOT IN THE DANGER AREA.   



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.





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