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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

132 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



MNC167-052200-

WILKIN MN-

132 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR

WILKIN COUNTY...



AT 132 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN SOUTHWEST 

WILKIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TENNEY AND CAMPBELL. 3 TO 

3.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THIS AREA. THE 

RABBIT RIVER HAS RISEN ABOUT ONE FOOT SINCE THIS MORNING ALONG AND 

WEST OF CAMPBELL. THE RABBIT RIVER AND SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE 

TO RAPIDLY RISE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS PLENTY OF STANDING 

WATER AND DITCHES ARE NEAR FULL. 



THE REMAINDER OF WILKIN COUNTY HAS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM DORAN 

TO EVERDELL TO LAWNDALE. THE OTTERTAIL RIVER AND SMALL STREAMS MAY 

SHOW RAPID RISES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  



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 4662 9633 4661 9662 4661 9675 4643 9669

      4634 9658 4610 9654 4603 9656 4603 9635



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