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WGUS73 KFGF 082358

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

655 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



NDC035-091200-

GRAND FORKS ND-

655 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR GRAND FORKS

COUNTY...



AT 648 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. 

THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCCANNA TO 

THOMPSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF GRAND 

FORKS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER 

THE ROAD 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRIFIELD.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

NORTHWOOD...LARIMORE...ORR...MEKINOCK AND MANVEL.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL

FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4771 9785 4770 9701 4817 9717 4817 9785



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