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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1022 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND-

1022 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 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO 

THE BISMARCK MANDAN AREA. THIS AREAS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH 

BISMARCK...SOUTH TO NEAR ST. ANTHONY. CURRENT RADAR MOTION ESTIMATES 

PUTS THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVER BISMARCK AND POSSIBLY FAR EASTERN 

PARTS OF MANDAN. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS 

THROUGH 1130 PM CDT.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

BISMARCK...LINCOLN AND MANDAN.



PUBLIC REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE 

BISMARCK MANDAN AREA THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME NO TRAVEL IS ADVISED 

IN BISMARCK AND MANDAN UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS AND THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 

RECEDES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT 

QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER 

GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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



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