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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

227 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



NDC077-091200-

RICHLAND ND-

227 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST RICHLAND 

COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING...



AT 222 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER

NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE

NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH THE RATE OF RAINFALL DECREASING WITH 

TIME. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY 

WILL LIKELY BE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES BY DAYBREAK. 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GALCHUTT AND CHRISTINE. 



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 4631 9710 4640 9673 4657 9679 4655 9690



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