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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

945 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR NORTHEAST 

BOWMAN COUNTY...HETTINGER COUNTY...AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...



AT 930 PM MDT...REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 

IS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY. JUST SOUTH OF REGENT IN 

NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...4.6 INCHES FELL IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. 10 

MILES NORTHEAST OF ELGIN...4.7 INCHES FELL...AND 6 TO 10 MILES EAST 

OF ELGIN...6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED. IF YOU LIVE 

IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER 

ACROSS ROADS AND ROADS WASHING OUT. 



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS ACROSS 

HETTINGER COUNTY...AND A REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES IN SCRANTON IN BOWMAN 

COUNTY IN ONE HALF HOUR CAUSING FLOODED ROADS.     



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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