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WGUS53 KBIS 290529

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NDC053-290930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1227 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKENZIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT(330 AM MDT)



* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER      

  CENTRAL MCKENZIE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE

  NORTH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  CARTWRIGHT...KEENE...CHARLSON...WATFORD CITY...RAWSON...MANDAREE...

  ARNEGARD AND ALEXANDER.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4734 10403 4733 10312 4768 10311 4769 10265

      4782 10267 4789 10267 4799 10258 4812 10276

      4813 10320 4806 10324 4800 10348 4810 10363

      4796 10386 4797 10403



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