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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

139 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 745 AM MDT



* AT 134 AM MDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR    

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN PHILLIPS

  COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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.



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 4870 10727 4900 10719 4900 10761 4829 10761

          4838 10752



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