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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1226 PM 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...

  NORTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDEN...THORNE...SHELL VALLEY...DUNSEITH AND

  BELCOURT.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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.



LAT...LON 4860 9972 4815 10094 4864 10093 4901 10018

      4901 10016 4900 10004 4901 10003 4901 9972



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