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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

700 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CASS AND RICHLAND COUNTIES EFFECTIVE

UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING...



A LARGE...STRONG...AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MAYVILLE 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

ALONG A LINE FROM THE DAVENPORT AREA OF SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY TO THE 

WALCOTT AREA. RAINFALLS OF THIS AMOUNT WILL CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE 

WITHIN BANK RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...SPECIFICALLY IN 

PORTIONS OF THE SHEYENNE...WILD RICE AND ANTELOPE CREEK BASINS. 

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING AS 

THE RUNOFF OCCURS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING WHICH MAY 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. THE NWS WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION AND 

ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OF WARNINGS AS NEEDED. REMEMBER THAT A 

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE I-94 CORRIDOR THROUGH 

SATURDAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR

CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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