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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

846 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS          

  BISMARCK AND MANDAN.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BISMARCK...LINCOLN AND MANDAN.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN 

THE PAST HOUR IN THE BISMARCK MANDAN METROPOLITAN AREA. BECAUSE OF 

THE RAPID RATE OF RAIN...STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE NOT ABLE TO 

HANDLE THE LARGE RUNOFF...AND STREET FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU COME TO 

AN AREA COVERED BY WATER...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 4685 10068 4675 10066 4676 10089 4688 10098



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