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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

445 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



MNC051-111-167-NDC077-081-260300-

GRANT MN-OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-SARGENT ND-

445 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN 

SARGENT...SOUTHERN RICHLAND...SOUTHERN WILKIN...SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL 

AND GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM...



HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER 

VALLEY INCLUDING THE HAVANA...LIDGERWOOD...CAMPBELL...WESTERN AND 

WENDELL AREAS. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 8AM AND 

NOON...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH ADDITIONAL THEREAFTER. THE RAIN HAS 

SINCE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...YET RUNOFF CONTINUES TO AFFECT LOW 

LYING AREAS. 



REPORTS FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND THE PUBLIC INDICATE THAT 

PONDING OF WATER WAS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD IN THE WARNING AREA...WITH 

LOCALIZED LOWLAND FLOODING. A FEW SECONDARY AND SECTION ROADS HAD 

WATER OVER THEM IN THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY WESTERN OTTER TAIL AND 

SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES. DITCHES WERE RUNNING FULL IN THE 

HAVANA...LIDGERWOOD...DORAN AND WESTERN AREAS. SLIGHT TO MODERATE 

WITHIN BANK RISES WERE BEING NOTED ON A FEW AREA RIVERS AS WELL.



RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ESPECIALLY IN 

THE HAVANA...LIDGERWOOD...CAMPBELL...WESTERN AND WENDELL AREAS. DUE 

TO THE RELATIVELY NARROW NATURE OF THE HEAVY RAINS...THE RUNOFF 

SHOULD PEAK DURING THE EARLY EVENING AND DIMINISH BY SUNSET. THE 

SOUTHERN MAINSTEM RED AND ITS TRIBUTARIES WILL SEE SLIGHT TO 

MODERATE RISES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR

CABLE TELEVISION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.



FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT THE 

FOLLOWING URL. WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS USING LOWER CASE





LAT...LON 4578 9623 4578 9578 4612 9579 4612 9517

      4643 9518 4641 9626



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