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WGUS73 KFGF 200758

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

300 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



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BELTRAMI MN-

300 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR EASTERN

BELTRAMI COUNTY...



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKDUCK...WASKISH... 

TENSTRIKE...SHOTLEY AND REDBY. RESIDENTS NEAR OR ALONG THE BATTLE 

AND CORMORANT RIVERS NEED TO BE ALERT FOR FLOODING.



AT 235 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. DESPITE THIS RUNOFF FROM THE 

EARLIER RAINS CONTINUE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

HIGHWAY 72 BETWEEN KELLIHER AND BUSY CORNERS HAD BEEN UNDERWATER DUE 

TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAN FELL IN THE 

PONEMAH...SHOTLEY AND SAUM AREAS. A SECOND AREA OF 4 TO 5 INCH RAIN 

AMOUNTS APPEAR IN THE NEBISH...BLACKDUCK AND FUNKLEY AREAS. 

SURROUNDING THIS IS A LARGE AREA OF DOPPLER ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCH 

RAIN FALL.  AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR KELLIHER REPORTED 2.4 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN A 3 HOUR PERIOD LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY 

MORNING.



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.



LAT...LON 4763 9496 4763 9442 4828 9444 4823 9484



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