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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

934 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



MNC167-261100-

WILKIN MN-

934 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTY

UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING...



AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 3 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF WILKIN 

COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST BAND IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM BRUSHVALE TO 

LAWNDALE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4.3 INCHES 17 MILES NORTH OF 

BRECKENRIDGE AND 3.7 INCHES 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWNDALE HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED. 



THE WILKIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS FLOODING OF A HIGH SCHOOL 

IN THE CITY OF ROTHSAY ALONG WITH DITCHES RUNNING FULL IN THE CITY 

OF LAWNDALE. SIMILAR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS A MAJORITY 

OF NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTY. 



THE SHERIFF OFFICE ALSO REPORTS NUMEROUS TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER 

AND IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF KENT INTO THE 

NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.   



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. DRIVING AT NIGHT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS 

BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS. YOU WILL NOT KNOW YOU ARE IN WATER UNTIL 

YOU ARE WET.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LAT...LON 4652 9629 4639 9668 4659 9671 4664 9628



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