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WGUS73 KFGF 091738

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1238 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2005



NDC017-097-100200-

TRAILL ND-CASS ND-

1238 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CASS AND

TRAILL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING...



AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 

MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE 

POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO SATURATED SOILS...ANY 

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY LEAD TO RUNOFF AND FLASH 

FLOODING. EARLIER THIS MORNING...A WEATHER OBSERVER IN GRANDIN 

REPORTED A RAINFALL TOTAL OF 1.5 INCHES IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR.  



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 4697 9766 4698 9686 4765 9691 4764 9745

      4722 9741 4722 9769



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