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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

421 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



NDC021-045-061130-

LAMOURE ND-DICKEY ND-

421 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR

DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...



AT 421 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED OVER DICKEY AND LAMOURE 

COUNTIES. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING 

HAS CAUSED THE LOWER JAMES RIVER NEAR LUDDEN TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD 

LEVEL. THE RIVER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RISE TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 

EARLY THIS MORNING.



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

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

BERLIN AND ADRIAN



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.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 4596 9883 4595 9805 4660 9807 4662 9886



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