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WGUS53 KBIS 052044
FFWBIS

NDC007-033-087-060230-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
244 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SLOPE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE       
  POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STEEP TERRAIN OF THE BADLANDS WILL 
  ACCELERATE RUNOFF AND INCREASE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. 
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHWESTERN SLOPE...SOUTHERN GOLDEN VALLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
  BILLINGS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ALPHA...GOLVA AND THREE
  V CROSSING.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4675 10404 4703 10359 4664 10359 4652 10367
      4650 10404
$$
AYD