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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1234 AM MDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN VALLEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 630 AM MDT



* AT 1228 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF GLASGOW TO 17 MILES WEST OF DUCK

  CREEK FISHING ACCESS SITE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST

  AT 10 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...GLASGOW AND DUCK CREEK FISHING ACCESS SITE



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.



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