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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1205 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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BURLEIGH ND-MORTON ND-

1205 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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

AND SOUTHWESTERN BURLEIGH COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...



AT 1159 PM CDT...4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

BISMARCK...MANDAN AND LINCOLN AREAS. THIS HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD 

STREET AND OVERLAND FLOODING...IN ADDITION TO RISING WATERS ON AREA 

CREEKS AND STREAMS. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS 

DECREASED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY 

MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY...WITH ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 230 AM CDT.



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

LINCOLN AND MANDAN.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



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



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