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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 171720

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1220 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



MNC119-NDC035-180400-

GRAND FORKS ND-POLK MN-

1220 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK AND GRAND FORKS

COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



AT 1155 PM CDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 

REPORTED UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING 24TH AVENUE SOUTH BETWEEN 

WASHINGTON AND 28TH IN GRAND FORKS. IN ADDITION...2 FEET OF WATER 

WAS COVERING PORTIONS OF 17TH STREET AND 20TH STREET IN THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF GRAND FORKS. 



A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS 

SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELVIN...OR ABOUT 

34 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...  

  MAPLE BAY BY 1225 PM CDT

  MENTOR BY 1230 PM CDT

  ERSKINE BY 1245 PM CDT

  MCINTOSH BY 1255 PM CDT



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME. 

DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM THE MORNING RAINFALL...ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY PRODUCE RUNOFF AND GENERATE 

FLOODING. 



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 4754 9679 4753 9562 4772 9566 4776 9648

      4815 9655 4817 9787 4772 9785 4771 9697

      4766 9685



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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 171722 CCA

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FROM PM TO AM IN REPORT TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1220 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



MNC119-NDC035-180400-

GRAND FORKS ND-POLK MN-

1220 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK AND GRAND FORKS

COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



AT 1155 AM CDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE 

REPORTED UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING 24TH AVENUE SOUTH BETWEEN 

WASHINGTON AND 28TH IN GRAND FORKS. IN ADDITION...2 FEET OF WATER 

WAS COVERING PORTIONS OF 17TH STREET AND 20TH STREET IN THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF GRAND FORKS. 



A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS 

SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MELVIN...OR ABOUT 

34 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.



THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR...  

  MAPLE BAY BY 1225 PM CDT

  MENTOR BY 1230 PM CDT

  ERSKINE BY 1245 PM CDT

  MCINTOSH BY 1255 PM CDT



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME. 

DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM THE MORNING RAINFALL...ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY PRODUCE RUNOFF AND GENERATE 

FLOODING. 



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 4754 9679 4753 9562 4772 9566 4776 9648

      4815 9655 4817 9787 4772 9785 4771 9697

      4766 9685



$$



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