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WGUS73 KBIS 110210

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

906 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005



NDC049-069-079-083-110530-

SHERIDAN ND-PIERCE ND-MCHENRY ND-ROLETTE ND-

906 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR ROLETTE...

SOUTHEASTERN MCHENRY...PIERCE AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES...



AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT

20 MPH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RADAR 

PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF PIERCE...ROLETTE AND SHERIDAN 

COUNTIES.



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

SILVA...THORNE...NANSON...WOLFORD...ST. JOHN...SHELL VALLEY...

RUGBY...ROLLA...ROLETTE...MYLO...BELCOURT...BARTON AND BALTA.



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.



LAT...LON 4857 9952 4842 9964 4836 9988 4790 9987

      4787 10011 4737 10010 4735 10050 4746 10063

      4785 10058 4786 10063 4813 10063 4859 10010

      4896 9999 4897 9956



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