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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 190400

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1058 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007



MNC027-NDC017-191400-

CLAY MN-CASS ND-

1058 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007



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

FOR SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



AT 1040 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS IN THE GLYNDON...SABIN AND AREAS JUST TO 

THE EAST AND SOUTH OF MOORHEAD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE AXIS OF 

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAIN FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOORHEAD TO BETWEEN 

SABIN...DILWORTH AND DOWNER. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA.



STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MOORHEAD EARLIER. 

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.



LAT...LON 4665 9686 4665 9671 4665 9619 4692 9619

      4693 9692 4683 9688



$$



EWENS

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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 190400

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1058 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007



MNC027-NDC017-191400-

CLAY MN-CASS ND-

1058 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2007



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

FOR SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN

CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



AT 1040 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS IN THE GLYNDON...SABIN AND AREAS JUST TO 

THE EAST AND SOUTH OF MOORHEAD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE AXIS OF 

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAIN FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF MOORHEAD TO BETWEEN 

SABIN...DILWORTH AND DOWNER. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA.



STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MOORHEAD EARLIER. 

DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.



LAT...LON 4665 9686 4665 9671 4665 9619 4692 9619

      4693 9692 4683 9688



$$



EWENS

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