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WGUS53 KBIS 290549

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NDC025-290945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1144 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 345 AM MDT(445 AM CDT)



* AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF DUNN COUNTY.     

  ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN THE  

  NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED     

  OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY.



PERSONS IN NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY...NORTH OF KILLDEER AND HALLIDAY ARE 

THE MOST THREATENED. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA OR ALONG A 

STREAM...BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.



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 4699 10306 4701 10217 4733 10216 4734 10223

      4756 10224 4776 10232 4780 10264 4768 10264

      4767 10310 4734 10311 4733 10304



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