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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

243 PM MDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 545 PM MDT



* AT 235 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY      

  HEAVY RAINFALL 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOSBY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST 

  OF WINNETT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...RURAL SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY

  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

COULEES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 4698 10794 4687 10790 4689 10715 4721 10794



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