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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1156 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOTTINEAU...

  NORTHERN MCHENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  WESTERN ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 1151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  METIGOSHE STATE PARK...BOTTINEAU...INTERNATIONAL PEACE             

  GARDEN...SHELL VALLEY...  DUNSEITH AND CARBURY.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

BISMARCK.



LAT...LON 4867 9978 4841 10081 4880 10103 4901 10026

      4901 9980



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