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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

931 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND-

931 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MORTON

AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING IN THE BISMARCK 

MANDAN METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL REPORTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE. NO 

TRAVEL IS ADVISED IN THE BISMARCK AND MANDAN AREAS UNTIL THE HEAVY 

RAIN ENDS AND THE HIGH WATER RECEDES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

BISMARCK...LINCOLN AND MANDAN.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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



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