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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

558 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



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WALSH ND-

558 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALSH COUNTY UNTIL

1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING...



AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRAFTON MOVING TO THE 

EAST AT 20 MPH.



RAINFALL IN THE LAST HOUR ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY 

WAS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THE STORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 

PM. AT 5 PM...THE WEATHER OBSERVER FROM EDINBURG REPORTED A STORM 

TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT TODAY OF 5.05 INCHES.



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 4823 9826 4821 9718 4851 9719 4852 9830



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