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WGUS53 KBIS 100654

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NDC075-100945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

146 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 146 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE 

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL RENVILLE

  COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORMING WEST OF RENVILLE COUNTY

  ...IN WARD AND MOUNTRAIL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER

  RENVILLE BY 3 AM CDT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER

  THE PAST HOUR...COMBINED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH WILL CAUSE

  FLOODING OF RURAL STREAMS AND ROADS...AND STREETS IN URBAN AREAS. 



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. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL

OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST

VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE

VEHICLE RELATED.



LAT...LON 4875 10183 4851 10183 4855 10146 4884 10153



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