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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

744 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007



NDC005-221700-

BENSON ND-

744 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR WESTERN

BENSON COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER

PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST BENSON COUNTY...LATE LAST NIGHT. THE 

POTENTIAL FOR THIS RAINFALL TO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING WILL EXIST

THROUGH LATE MORNING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

WESTERN BENSON COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT.         



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.



LAT...LON 4795 9980 4794 9938 4836 9938 4835 9980



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