FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY
UNTIL 530 PM CDT SATURDAY…
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL FRIDAY EVENING
OVER SEVEN MILE COULEE FROM NEAR SPIRITWOOD LAKE…TO
SPIRITWOOD AND THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF JAMESTOWN. TWO TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN TO
YPSILANTI AND MONTPELIER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED
AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF COUNTY
AND TOWNSHIP ROADS…AS WELL AS RISES ON SEVEN MILE COULEE AND THE
JAMES RIVER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE…JAMESTOWN…MONTPELIER AND SPIRITWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…
SEVENMILE COULEE…JAMES RIVER…PIPESTEM CREEK…STREAMAN COULEE…
BEAVER CREEK…BUFFALO CREEK AND DRY COULEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…NORMALLY DRY WASHES… AS WELL AS
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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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