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WGUS73 KFGF 270334

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1032 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



NDC019-095-271200-

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CAVALIER ND-TOWNER ND-

1032 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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

FOR TOWNER AND CAVALIER COUNTIES...



AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LANGDON...WALES...HANNAH

...SARLES AND CALVIN AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO

MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES 

POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS

...CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOCAL COMMUNITY AND RURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS 

WILL BE OVERWHELMED AND OVERLAND FLOODING IS LIKELY AS WELL.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.



&&



LAT...LON 4884 9954 4901 9955 4901 9795 4855 9794

      4855 9897 4839 9899 4839 9951 4871 9951

      4873 9954 4881 9955



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