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WGUS53 KBIS 311030

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NDC053-311230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLISTON ND

ISSUED BY BISMARCK ND

427 AM MDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 630 AM MDT(730 AM CDT)



* AT 427 AM MDT(527 AM CDT)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLED OVER RURAL SOUTHERN MCKENZIE

  COUNTY...AND THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY BRING ANOTHER

  HALF INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND 730 AM CDT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...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 4783 10388 4739 10397 4737 10319 4783 10322



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