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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1049 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



NDC021-045-060730-

LAMOURE ND-DICKEY ND-

1049 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR

DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...



AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERONA...

NORTONVILLE...MARION...LA MOURE...GRAND RAPIDS...EDGELEY...DICKEY...

BERLIN...OAKES...ELLENDALE AND ADRIAN



RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE

PUBLIC. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 5 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN DICKEY COUNTY.  

SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH

OVER THE AFFECTED COUNTIES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF

CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4596 9883 4595 9805 4660 9807 4662 9886



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