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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

632 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 930 PM MDT(1030 PM CDT)



* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR

  ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. RAIN IS

  STILL FALLING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LITTLE

  MISSOURI STATE PARK AND MCKENZIE BAY RECREATION AREA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4749 10292 4734 10228 4766 10227 4768 10286



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