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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1218 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008



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BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-

1208 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR

RAMSEY AND BENSON COUNTIES...



AT 1215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

BAND OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN. THIS BAND WAS LOCATED NEAR DEVILS 

LAKE AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING 

STATION AT THE DEVILS LAKE AIRPORT REPORTED AN ADDITIONAL 0.82 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE LAST 6 HOURS...SINCE 6 AM CST. THIS 

MORNING...A WEATHER OBSERVER 4 MILES NORTH OF OBERON REPORTED AN 

OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 2.71 INCHES. 



PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE 

FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE 

THIS AFTERNOON.   



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.



REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 



LAT...LON 4808 9852 4786 9856 4788 9981 4836 9982

      4835 9897 4854 9892 4854 9835 4822 9833

      4821 9848



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