THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN…

STUTSMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA…

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 304 PM CDT TUES APR 30, 2013…AS PIPESTEM CREEK AND THE JAMES RIVER ARE NEAR OR JUST PAST THEIR CREST…LOCAL HEAVY RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT AND RAIN
SHOULD BE DECREASING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…RURAL
STUTSMAN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…

PIPESTEM CREEK…LITTLE PIPESTEM CREEK…SEVENMILE COULEE…JAMES RIVER…BUFFALO CREEK…STONY BROOK…MINNEAPOLIS FLATS CREEK…

BEAVER CREEK…STREAMAN COULEE…COTTONTAIL CREEK…BENNETTS COULEE AND BONE HILL CREEK.

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT 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.