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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

744 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 

7 AM CDT...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL 

NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLISTON...MINOT..JAMSTOWN 

...DICKINSON AND BISMARCK.



A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER WEST AND CENTRAL 

NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER 

A LARGE PORTION OF WEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND MANY WILL HAVE VERY 

HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. BE PREPARED 

IN ADVANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN.  



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.



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