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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

847 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009



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BOTTINEAU ND-ROLETTE ND-

847 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ROLETTE AND

SOUTHEASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER WESTERN ROLETTE 

AND FAR EASTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTIES.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

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

ALONG HIGHWAY 5 FROM DUNSEITH...WEST INTO FAR EASTERN BOTTINEAU 

COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 5 IN FAR 

WESTERN ROLETTE COUNTY. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN WESTERN 

ROLETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING WILLOW CREEK...SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY 

RISING WATERS.  



FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...FROM WILLOW CITY AND OVERLY...INTO FAR 

SOUTHEAST ROLETTE COUNTY...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

COMMON. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED...SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THIS 

AREA. IN ADDITION...THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO WILLOW CREEK...NEAR 

DUNSEITH WILL ALSO MOVE DOWNSTREAM INTO THESE AREAS.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH

ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL

ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

      4889 10028



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