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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

642 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN HETTINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT



* AT 642 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTLEY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF

  BOWMAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

   MOTT AT 720 PM MDT



A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN KEEP MOVING OVER THE

WARNED AREA...WHICH EARLIER RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LAST

NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

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.



LAT...LON 4627 10299 4610 10298 4613 10204 4635 10206



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