

000 

WGUS73 KFGF 292201

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

457 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



NDC005-301300-

BENSON ND-

457 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR 

BENSON COUNTY...



AT 445 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED DITCHES 

FULL THROUGHOUT BENSON COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...NO STREET OR BASEMENT 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING

FALLING OVER SATURATED GROUND MAKES LOCAL FLOODING A GOOD 

POSSIBILITY BY SUNSET AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT.  



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

LEEDS...YORK...MINNEWAUKAN...HARLOW AND FORT TOTTEN. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4791 9976 4791 9919 4790 9886 4809 9920

      4834 9925 4833 9978



$$



WJB

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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 292201

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

457 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



NDC005-301300-

BENSON ND-

457 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR 

BENSON COUNTY...



AT 445 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED DITCHES 

FULL THROUGHOUT BENSON COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...NO STREET OR BASEMENT 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING

FALLING OVER SATURATED GROUND MAKES LOCAL FLOODING A GOOD 

POSSIBILITY BY SUNSET AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT.  



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE 

LEEDS...YORK...MINNEWAUKAN...HARLOW AND FORT TOTTEN. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4791 9976 4791 9919 4790 9886 4809 9920

      4834 9925 4833 9978



$$



WJB

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