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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

608 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2005



MNC119-100400-

POLK MN-

608 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 1100

PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING...



AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SINCE AREA DITCHES AND STREAMS ARE 

ALREADY RUNNING FULL...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE WATER 

TO OVERFLOW ROADWAYS...FARM YARDS AND FIELDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

BURNAM CREEK BASIN FROM CLIMAX TO ELDRED AND GREENVIEW.



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 4752 9616 4752 9558 4772 9561 4788 9565

      4774 9580 4776 9649 4814 9655 4816 9710

      4752 9681



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