

000 

WGUS73 KFGF 020915

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

415 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



MNC167-NDC077-021200-

/O.CON.KFGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080902T1200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-

415 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES...



AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA. 

ISOLATED AREAS HAVE REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL...INCLUDING 

THE WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE AREA. MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL OCCURRED 

WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 



THE WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE AREA HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING DUE 

TO THE RAINFALL. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT OTHER URBAN AREAS ARE ALSO 

EXPERIENCING STREET FLOODING WITHIN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...TAKE 

THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU LIVE OR CAMP BY A DRY STREAM OR SMALL 

RIVER AS WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY. 



THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...IT TAKES 

TIME FOR THE RAINFALL TO RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...SO THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE RAIN HAS 

ENDED.     



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.



LAT...LON 4661 9631 4605 9629 4604 9658 4595 9662

      4596 9719 4661 9723



$$



TG

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000 

WGUS73 KFGF 020915

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

415 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



MNC167-NDC077-021200-

/O.CON.KFGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080902T1200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-

415 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR

RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES...



AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THIS AREA. 

ISOLATED AREAS HAVE REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL...INCLUDING 

THE WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE AREA. MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL OCCURRED 

WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 



THE WAHPETON AND BRECKENRIDGE AREA HAVE REPORTED STREET FLOODING DUE 

TO THE RAINFALL. IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT OTHER URBAN AREAS ARE ALSO 

EXPERIENCING STREET FLOODING WITHIN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...TAKE 

THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU LIVE OR CAMP BY A DRY STREAM OR SMALL 

RIVER AS WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY. 



THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END...AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...IT TAKES 

TIME FOR THE RAINFALL TO RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...SO THE THREAT FOR 

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE RAIN HAS 

ENDED.     



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.



LAT...LON 4661 9631 4605 9629 4604 9658 4595 9662

      4596 9719 4661 9723



$$



TG

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