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NDZ041-044-050445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

745 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HETTINGER AND 

NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM MDT...



AT 745 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY...AND SOUTHEASTERN 

HETTINGER COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL ARE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 

3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM CDT OR 4 PM MDT. THE STORMS HAVE SHOWN 

SOME DECREASE IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH THE LOSS OF 

DAYTIME HEATING. THIS DOWNTREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. 



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.



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