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WGUS73 KFGF 040229

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

925 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005



NDC003-091-041000-

STEELE ND-BARNES ND-

925 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL

BARNES AND SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTIES...



AT 920 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BRIDGE 

OUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF FINLEY AND ANOTHER 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

FINLEY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED WATER OVER STATE HIGHWAY 32 6 

MILES SOUTH OF FINLEY. THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAVE DISSIPATED BUT EXCESS WATER OVER SATURATED GROUND REMAINS A 

THREAT.



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 4747 9789 4725 9794 4711 9819 4712 9788

      4747 9759



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