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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

550 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005



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

SMALL STREAM ADVISORY FOR CLAY...WILKIN...CASS AND RICHLAND COUNTIES 

EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING. 



DROPPER RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM THE AREA INDICATE THAT FROM 

THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS ALONG THE RED RIVER FROM FARGO 

TO WAHPETON AND FAIRMONT. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO 

EXPAND SLOWLY TO THE WEST OF THE RED RIVER AND AREAS OF MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST OVER THIS AREA. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AMOUNTS ARE 

LIKELY OVER MUCH OF RICHLAND COUNTY...AND WESTERN CASS TO EASTERN 

CLAY AND WILKIN COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF 

FARGO...MOORHEAD...WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE. THE ADDITIONAL 

PRECIPITATION ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN THE PONDING 

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND DITCHES ARE LIKELY TO RUN FULL TO POSSIBLY 

OVERFLOWING.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 



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KENNEDY

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