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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

241 AM MDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN MCCONE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 845 AM MDT



* AT 240 AM MDT...RADAR INDICTAED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

  RAINFALL IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCCONE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5

  MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT PECK...MOVING EAST 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 THE SPILLWAY OF FORT PECK DAM ON HIGHWAY 24

  AND...RURAL NORTHWESTERN MCCONE COUNTY



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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