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WGUS73 KBIS 080318

FFSBIS



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1015 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



NDC037-085-080345-

GRANT ND-SIOUX ND-

915 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 912 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN SIOUX AND GRANT COUNTIES.



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

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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES 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.



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.



LAT...LON 4595 10196 4595 10108 4633 10108 4637 10134

      4660 10135 4667 10203



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