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WGUS73 KFGF 270032

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

732 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005



NDC005-271200-

BENSON ND-

732 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005



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

BENSON COUNTY...



AT 730 PM CDT...RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AGAIN 

TONIGHT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS...ARE POSSIBLE. DUE TO 

SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY...ANY ADDITIONAL

PRECIPITATION SHOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO RUNOFF. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN 

RAPID RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS. 



THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND MOVE 

SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT. A VERY HUMID AIRMASS WILL ALLOW 

HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDEVELOP ACROSS BENSON COUNTY.  



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEEDS...MADDOCK...YORK...OBERON

AND MINNEWAUKAN. 



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 4788 9980 4787 9920 4813 9922 4835 9924

      4836 9980



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