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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

221 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  LAMOURE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERONA...  

  MARION...LA MOURE...GRAND RAPIDS...EDGELEY...DICKEY...GLOVER...    

  OAKES AND LUDDEN



ALTHOUGH THE IMMINENT THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LESSENED... 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE WARNED 

AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. IN THE PAST THREE HOURS DOPPLER RADARS 

INDICATE ESTIMATED RAINALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER INCH OR SO OVER FAR 

EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXTENDING NORTH THROUGH 

EASTERN LAMOURE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAIN...IN ADDITION TO 

HEAVY RAINS FROM YESTERDAY...WILL STILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOWLAND 

FLOODING. SINCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THE RIVER LEVEL AT LUDDEN 

HAS RISEN OVER A HALF A FOOT...TO AROUND 11 FEET. THIS IS WITHIN A 

FOOT OF FLOOD STAGE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BISMARCK.



LAT...LON 4596 9883 4595 9805 4660 9807 4662 9886



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