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916 

RWUS32 KBIS 302143

FFSBIS

NDZ019-020-302315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

340 PM MDT FRI AUG 30 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MERCER AND OLIVER COUNTIES IN 

SOUTHCENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 515 PM MDT OR 615 PM CDT...



AT 330 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN OLIVER AND EASTERN MERCER COUNTIES IN 

SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 

MPH. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A 15 MILE BAND STRETCHING FROM SOUTH 

OF BEULAH IN NORTHWEST OLIVER COUNTY...NORTHEAST TO STANTON IN EASTERN

MERCER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 

INCHES.



THOSE LIVING NEAR FAST RESPONDING RIVERS...CREEKS...AND COULEES NEED

TO BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF FAST RIVER RISES FROM RAINFALL 

RUNOFF. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS WHERE WASHOUTS MAY 

HAVE OCCURRED. 



REPORT ALL FLOOD ACTIVITY TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES 

OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

   

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PRINDIVILLE 

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