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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1019 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009



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BOTTINEAU ND-ROLETTE ND-

1019 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 1008 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

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

REMAINS CLOSED. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE WATER HAS RECEDED 

APPROXIMATELY FIFTY PERCENT FROM EARLIER. PERSONS ALONG CREEKS AND 

STREAMS IN WESTERN ROLETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING WILLOW CREEK...SHOULD 

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

DUNSEITH.



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 MOSTLY MOVED TO THE 

EAST...MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER 

TONIGHT. 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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