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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1056 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  SHIELD...GARRISON...ROSEGLEN...RAUB...MAX AND BENEDICT



SEVERAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAVE TRACKED OVER MCLEAN 

COUNTY THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTY TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH 2 AM CDT. AT 1050 PM 

CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF GARRISON. THOSE IN WHITE 

SHIELD...GARRISON...ROSEGLEN...RAUB...MAX AND BENEDICT SHOULD 

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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. 



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BISMARCK.



LAT...LON 4752 10188 4764 10216 4784 10218 4783 10094

      4775 10094 4734 10087 4733 10133 4748 10136

      4757 10138 4755 10164



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