Tornado Warning 19, NWS Bismarck, ND

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDC009-210400-
/O.CON.KBIS.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-100621T0400Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
1054 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BOTTINEAU
COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1049 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF SHERWOOD...OR 43 MILES WEST OF
BOTTINEAU...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTLER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4894 10108 4891 10133 4901 10149 4901 10129
      4901 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 286DEG 12KT 4899 10133

$$

BIRK

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WWUS53 KBIS 210358
SVSBIS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDC009-210408-
/O.EXP.KBIS.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-100621T0400Z/
BOTTINEAU ND-
1058 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BOTTINEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 PM CDT/1000 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4894 10108 4891 10133 4901 10149 4901 10129
      4901 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 286DEG 12KT 4896 10132

$$

BIRK

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
145 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

.SHORT TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN THIS PERIOD WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY.
FORECAST HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE FOR HYDRO
HEADLINES...AS THE SOIL REMAINS SATURATED/NEARLY SATURATED FROM
RECENT RAINFALL. MODELS/ENSEMBLES ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE
SYNOPTIC PATTERN.

THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN
SEVERE WEATHER MONITORING THROUGH THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT UPPER
LEVEL SUBTROPICAL RIDGING IS CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW IS OVER OREGON. STRONG INSOLATION
AND UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE BROUGHT SURFACE TEMPERATURES UP
INTO THE LOW 70S WHILE DEWPOINTS ARE HOVERING IN THE LOW 60S.

THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/RIDGE ORIENTATION SHOULD KEEP
SOUTHWESTERLIES DIRECTED FROM THE FOUR CORNERS INTO THE
DAKOTAS...WHICH WILL DIRECT SEVERAL SHORTWAVES INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL WAVES
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SEVERE.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE EJECTS NORTHEASTWARD FROM UTAH. THE
FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE WILL BE FURTHER SOUTH TODAY...AS THE
BETTER DYNAMICS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NEBRASKA/IOWA. THAT SAID...THERE IS STILL A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR
SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CONVECTION BEGAN BEFORE NOON CDT OVER
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND SHOULD STEADILY SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE DAKOTA STATE LINE BY MID-AFTERNOON. THE 12 UTC NAM/17 UTC RUC
CALL FOR 1500 TO 3000 J/KG SURFACE-BASED CAPE BY
MID AFTERNOON...AND WHILE SHEAR IS CURRENTLY MARGINAL FOR ROTATING
UPDRAFTS...THE EJECTING MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX SHOULD INCREASE THE
0-6 KM BULK SHEAR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. 2000 J/KG CAPE IS
ALREADY PRESENT...SO LOOK FOR THAT TO INCREASE BEFORE THE CAP
ERODES.

THE SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
THIS EVENT...WITH A MUCH MORE POTENT SHORTWAVE ALOFT...AND MUCH
STEEPER FORECAST LAPSE RATES...SHOULD PRESENT A MUCH HIGHER RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER. SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS IS
FORECAST...AND THE LOW-LEVEL DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OVER NORTH
DAKOTA SHOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHER-BASED STORMS THAT FORM IN EASTERN
MONTANA TO BUILD MUCH CLOSER TO THE SURFACE AS THEY MOVE INTO THE
STATE. THIS WILL INCREASE TORNADO THREAT...SO LOOK FOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES ACROSS
THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. STORMS
SHOULD CONGEAL INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH BOWING LINE SEGMENTS BY
LATE EVENING...SO THE MAIN THREATS WOULD TRANSITION TO DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FLOODING FURTHER TO THE EAST.

OVERALL...PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS STAY AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES
THROUGH TUESDAY. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN SOME AREAS REMAINS AT
JUST OVER AN INCH PER HOUR. SEVERAL RUNS OF MODELS HAVE PRODUCED
GRID-SCALE FEEDBACK...WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF INTENSE CONVECTION
CAPABLE OF UPSCALE FEEDBACK IN THE ATMOSPHERE. AREAL COVERAGE OF
THE HIGH AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH GRID-SCALE FEEDBACK WILL BE
OVERDONE...BUT IF THE MECHANISMS VERIFY THE MAXIMUM QPF IN THE
MODEL CAN BE A GOOD APPROXIMATION OF MAXIMUM OBSERVED. PLACED A
CALL TO NCEP/HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER TO DISCUSS
FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL FOR MONDAY NIGHT. THE UNCERTAINTY LIES IN
FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES TO THE SOUTH...WHICH COULD ROB
ANY STORMS IN NORTH DAKOTA FROM AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND REDUCE
RAINFALL PRODUCTION/EFFICIENCY. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED
CLOSELY...AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED TONIGHT OR
TOMORROW MORNING IF MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL INCHES RAIN ON MONDAY.

THE AFOREMENTIONED OREGON UPPER LEVEL LOW IS NOT FORECAST TO PUSH
EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY...SO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST UNTIL THEN. IT IS WORTH
NOTING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER STRONG SHORTWAVES FORECAST TO MOVE
OVER THE AREA...BUT AS MORE FEATURES ARE RESOLVED IN FUTURE MODEL
CYCLES THERE MAY BE MORE INSIGHT INTO TIMING AND INTENSITY OF
CONVECTION ON TUESDAY.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THE LONG RANGE PERIOD OFFERS A WEATHER PATTERN THAT IS LESS
ACTIVE...AND THE ACTIVE PARTS LESS ORGANIZED. ANOTHER MID LEVEL
TROUGH ESTABLISHES ITSELF ON THE WEST COAST...BUT WITH H5 RIDGING
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS THE WEAK SHORT WAVES WILL BE TRAVERSING
THE RIDGE...RATHER THAN BEING CAUGHT UP IN STRAIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT INTO NORTH DAKOTA. THE TROUGH IS ALSO NOT FORECAST TO CUT OFF
AND SEND WAVE AFTER WAVE INTO THE AREA...BUT BE MORE PROGRESSIVE.
THE LONG WAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST THROUGH LATER SATURDAY OR SUNDAY
WITH MORE ZONAL FLOW ESTABLISHING.

TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ABOUT CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE END OF
JUNE...UPPER 70S TO MID 80S FOR HIGHS...AND 50S FOR LOWS.

&&

.AVIATION...

SURFACE WARMING HAS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE CUMULUS FIELDS ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH VFR AND LIGHT WINDS
PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF THIS PRODUCT ISSUANCE.
HOWEVER...MULTIPLE MID LEVEL IMPULSES ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...PROVIDING THE LIFT NECESSARY TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR STRONG TO
POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS...WITH KBIS AND KDIK THE MOST LIKELY SITES
FOR THAT. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS AND SO A
DETERIORATION TO MVFR CONDITIONS WITH STORMS IS EXPECTED.

ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES
WITHIN PATCHY FOG AT SOME SITES DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
MONDAY...IF CLOUDINESS AND STORMS CLEAR OUT AND WINDS CALM BEFORE
SUNRISE...AS SOME GUIDANCE SUGGESTS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...SCHECK/BPN
LONG TERM...JPM
AVIATION...BPN/JPM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
207 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-211915-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
207 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010 /107 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...BUT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONSTRAINED TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STORMS SHOULD
INITIATE OVER EASTERN MONTANA AND MOVE ACROSS THE STATE BORDER BY
LATE AFTERNOON. THE INITIAL THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. THIS WILL
TRANSITION TO A HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOOD EVENT WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST NEAR SUNSET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS THE SOUTH THIS
EVENING...AND ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA MONDAY EVENING/NIGHT.

SCHECK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
840 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ051-210215-
DICKEY ND-
840 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM
CDT...

AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF OAKES...OR 55 MILES SOUTH OF
VALLEY CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES...IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
ONE INCH MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  OAKES...
  GUELPH...
  LUDDEN...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

HEINERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
917 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ051-210245-
DICKEY ND-
917 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM
CDT...

AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAKES...OR 57 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS
DITCHES...IS ALSO POSSIBLE. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
ONE INCH MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A
FLOODED ROADWAY.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GUELPH...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

HEINERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
924 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ032-210330-
BILLINGS-
824 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 824 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN BILLINGS COUNTY...MOVING NORTH
AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MEDORA BY 840 PM MDT...

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS
STORM HAS PASSED.

SIMOSKO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
944 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ003-004-210315-
BOTTINEAU ND-RENVILLE ND-
944 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHWESTERN BOTTINEAU AND NORTHERN
RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 937 PM CDT/837 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARNDUFF SASKATCHEWAN...OR
15 MILES NORTH OF SHERWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
IF THE STORM HOLDS TOGETHER A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW FOR HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHERWOOD...
  LORAINE...
  WESTHOPE...
  ANTLER...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

BIRK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1017 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ018-032-033-210400-
BILLINGS-DUNN-STARK-
917 PM MDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER SERVICE...

AT 912 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BELFIELD IN WESTERN STARK COUNTY...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL STARK COUNTY AT 930 PM MDT
  RURAL BILLINGS COUNTY AT 950 PM MDT

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS
PASSED.

SIMOSKO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

NDZ002-210415-
BURKE ND-
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 20 2010

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN BURKE COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
FLAXTON TO NOONAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  NORTHGATE...
  LARSON...
  COLUMBUS...
  LIGNITE...
  FLAXTON...
  BOWBELLS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

ABELING