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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1237 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



NDC021-045-060730-

LAMOURE ND-DICKEY ND-

1237 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



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

DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...



AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A SERIES OF 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 AND ADRIAN



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

PUBLIC IN THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA 

BORDER IN DICKEY COUNTY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE ACROSS DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO 

HOURS. THIS COULD ADD ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN TO SOME AREAS...ADDING TO 

ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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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