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WGUS73 KBIS 220508

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1208 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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SHERIDAN ND-WELLS ND-

1208 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR

NORTHERN WELLS AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...



AT 1158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER WELLS AND 

SHERIDAN COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES 

UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING 

OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS STORMS THIS EVENING. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER WELLS AND 

SHERIDAN COUNTIES AS A RESULT OF THIS STORM. THIS WILL CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL STREET FLOODING...RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS AND POSSIBLE 

WASHING OUT OF DIRT ROADS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELLSBURG...

MARTIN...HEIMDAL AND HARVEY



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...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 4765 10034 4785 10015 4785 9982 4786 9981

      4786 9929 4785 9928 4769 9929 4766 9926

      4761 9926



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