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WGUS73 KFGF 120659

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

153 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



MNC167-NDC077-121100-

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WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-

153 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL RICHLAND AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES...



AT 150 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

WITHIN THE STREETS OF WAHPETON...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 

TOWN...WITH AN OVERALL GRADUAL SUBSIDING OF WATER LEVELS.



MORE LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF 

THE RED RIVER BETWEEN RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES. THE ADDITIONAL 

LIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD BE OF INSIGNIFICANCE TO THE CURRENT FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.



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 4653 9645 4613 9641 4609 9697 4653 9704



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