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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

518 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007



NDC077-221400-

RICHLAND ND-

518 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR 

RICHLAND COUNTY...



AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY LIGHT RAIN OVER PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTY. LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES 

TO MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WAS DECREASING IN 

INTENSITY. RADAR ESTIMATED ABOUT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

OVER NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS. WHILE THE RAIN 

WILL LESSEN...RIVERS WILL STILL RESPOND TO THE RECENT RAINFALL. ALSO 

EXPECT LOW LYING AREAS TO BE FLOODED. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4610 9722 4634 9669 4661 9678 4662 9727



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