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WGUS73 KBIS 080238

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

934 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



NDC037-085-080345-

GRANT ND-SIOUX ND-

834 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM MDT(1045 PM CDT) FOR

WESTERN SIOUX AND GRANT COUNTIES...



AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THESE COUNTIES OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RALEIGH...

LARK...HEIL...NEW LEIPZIG...LEITH...ELGIN AND CARSON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4595 10196 4595 10108 4633 10108 4637 10134

      4660 10135 4667 10203



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