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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1049 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR EASTERN

RICHLAND COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA AND WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL

MINNESOTA...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF

RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES EARLY THIS TUESDAY MORNING. LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT MINOR STREET FLOODING IN BOTH WAHPETON

AND BRECKENRIDGE CONTINUES...ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION HAS IMPROVED.



LOCAL AREA RIVERS INCLUDING THE MAINSTEM RED...ANTELOPE CREEK AND 

RABBIT RIVER HAVE RISEN SEVERAL FEET DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO RESPOND AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. AREA DITCHES AND STREAMS 

ARE SLOWLY RECOVERING...YET HIGH WATER WILL REMAIN A HAZARD INTO 

EARLY AFTERNOON.





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.





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