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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

910 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005



NDC005-095-111430-

TOWNER ND-BENSON ND-

910 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR WESTERN

BENSON AND TOWNER COUNTIES...



AT 854 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN IN THE ESMOND AREA OF BENSON COUNTY WITH MOST OF THAT 

FALLING IN LESS THAN ONE HALF HOUR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 

THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SOUTH OF THE ESMOND AREA. PUBLIC 

REPORTS ALSO INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SOUTH OF 

CANDO AND PERTH IN TOWNER COUNTY.



AT 905 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE 

AGAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN BENSON AND TOWNER COUNTIES. THESE STORMS 

WILL LIKELY DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 

ONE HOUR CAUSING FURTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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 4897 9930 4838 9946 4808 9981 4787 9979

      4787 9941 4837 9924 4897 9901



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