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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1235 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005



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KITTSON MN-

1235 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2005



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

KITTSON COUNTY...



AT 1232 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

OVERLAND FLOODING IN KITTSON COUNTY. RAILROAD TRACKS WERE WASHED OUT 

NEAR ORLEANS WHERE AT LEAST 5-8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 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. 



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

TONIGHT FROM NEAR HUMBOLT TO ORLEANS SOUTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF 

LANCASTER. THESE EXTREME RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE MODERATE TO 

MAJOR FLOODING ON THE JOE RIVER AND THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE TWO 

RIVERS. THIS FLOW WILL HEAD NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER NEAR NOYES. 



PERSONS IN NORTHERN KITTSON SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTIONS TO SAVE 

LIFE AND PROPERTY WITH THIS FLASH FLOOD EVENT. 



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 4899 9721 4881 9715 4882 9642 4899 9642



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