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WGUS53 KBIS 190033

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NDC009-079-190630-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

733 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

  WESTERN ROLETTE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT FRIDAY



* AT 728 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY    

  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE PUBLIC REPORTED A       

  RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN...4 MILES WEST OF DUNSEITH.

  MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR ON CREEKS AND STREAMS IN WESTERN ROLETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING

  WILLOW CREEK.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



&&



LAT...LON 4889 9988 4863 9988 4854 9995 4854 10024

      4889 10028



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