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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

225 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE COUNTIES 

UNTIL 615 AM CDT...



AT 225 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM 

SOUTHWEST BOTTINEAU COUNTY...EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN ROLETTE 

COUNTY...OR FROM NEAR LANSFORD TO MYLO. RAINFALL REPORTS THIS 

EVENING OF UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED NEAR THE TOWN OF  

BOTTINEAU. IN THE PAST THREE HOURS..RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM SOUTHWEST BOTTINEAU COUNTY THROUGH ROLETTE 

COUNTY.  REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED IN THE 

AREA NORTH THE TOWN OF BOTTINEAU.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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