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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1214 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005



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KITTSON MN-

1214 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005



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

KITTSON COUNTY...



AT 1145 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD

OVERLAND FLOODING IN KITTSON COUNTY. RAILROAD TRACKS WERE WASHED OUT

NEAR ORLEANS. ALTHOUGH THIS ROUND OF RAINFALL HAS JUST ABOUT 

ENDED...ADDITIONAL RAIN AND WIND IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE OVERNIGHT 

PERIOD...AND ENOUGH RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TO CONTINUE FLOODING 

CONCERNS THROUGH DAYBREAK AND BEYOND. 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HALLOCK...ORLEANS AND HUMBOLDT.



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 4899 9717 4871 9709 4865 9694 4898 9692



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