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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1159 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH VALID FOR SHERIDAN...DANIELS...VALLEY...

PHILLIPS...ROOSEVELT...RICHLAND...MCCONE...GARFIELD...DAWSON...

PETROLEUM...WIBAUX AND PRAIRIE COUNTIES...HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL

NOON MDT THURSDAY



HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM 

BRINGS AMPLE MOISTURE TO THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL 

MONTANA AND MOVE NORTHEAST. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL

WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



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