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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

739 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  NORTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED    

  WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM        

  ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA...MAKING FLOODING 

  PROBLEMS EVEN WORSE.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  ARENA...DRISCOLL...MCKENZIE...MENOKEN...ROBINSON...STERLING...

  TUTTLE AND WING.



REPORTS OF EXCESSIVE RUNOFF HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE STERLING AREA 

DURING THE PAST HOUR.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN



&&



LAT...LON 4733 10036 4733 9961 4700 9986 4677 10014

      4676 10065 4684 10071



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