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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1253 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



MNC051-300400-

GRANT MN-

1253 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR GRANT

COUNTY...



AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF 

ELBOW LAKE.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 

MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH 

DAKOTA AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO GRANT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. 



DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOILS...RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY GO INTO RUNOFF 

AND MAY RESULT IN OVERLAND AND POSSIBLE BASEMENT FLOODING. 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOFFMAN...ELBOW LAKE...

NORCROSS...ERDAHL AND BARRETT. 



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 4609 9623 4579 9622 4579 9579 4608 9579



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