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WGUS73 KFGF 210440

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005



NDC003-017-211300-

BARNES ND-CASS ND-

1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR WESTERN CASS

AND BARNES COUNTIES...



MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH WESTERN 

CASS AND BARNES COUNTIES OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.   



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASSELTON...WHEATLAND...TOWER 

CITY...SIBLEY AND SANBORN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE AREA 

FROM URBANA TO NEAR VALLEY CITY AND ON TO TOWER CITY AND EMBDEN 

HAS   ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. ALSO...AREAS IN 

NORTHERN BARNES AND NORTHWESTERN CASS HAS SEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN. AN ADDITION 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL OVERNIGHT IN A FEW 

OF THESE AREAS. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4666 9842 4666 9769 4667 9718 4721 9721

      4721 9843



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