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NDC055-065-080600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

954 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA

  EASTERN OLIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED      

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OLIVER AND             

  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST  

  AT 15 MPH.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER        

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH SOME CITIES   

  IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE UNDERWOOD...WASHBURN AND CENTER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4733 10068 4732 10077 4716 10077 4715 10095

      4703 10088 4699 10093 4699 10133 4724 10135

      4724 10127 4726 10125 4733 10137 4767 10139

      4768 10068



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