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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1230 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



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KIDDER ND-BURLEIGH ND-

1230 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BURLEIGH AND

NORTHWESTERN KIDDER COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND MULTIPLE 

REPORTS INDICATED THAT 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

BISMARCK...THROUGH TUTTLE AND ROBINSON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY 

WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE 

POTENTIAL TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL STREET AND OVERLAND FLOODING...IN 

ADDITION TO RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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 4733 10036 4733 9961 4700 9986 4677 10014

      4676 10065 4684 10071



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