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WGUS73 KFGF 030108

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

807 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



MNC005-027-111-167-031200-

CLAY MN-WILKIN MN-BECKER MN-OTTER TAIL MN-

807 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR WESTERN OTTER

TAIL...SOUTHWESTERN BECKER...EASTERN WILKIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY

COUNTIES...



AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AUDUBON TO CAMPBELL...OR ALONG A LINE

EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF DETROIT LAKES TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

WAHPETON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERGUS FALLS...DETROIT LAKES...

LAKE PARK AND PELICAN RAPIDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO 

INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. DITCHES AND FIELDS IN 

SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY NEAR TENNEY ARE FULL AND MAY SPILL OVER 

ROADWAYS WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4603 9653 4603 9632 4614 9628 4613 9605

      4707 9574 4707 9617



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