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WGUS73 KFGF 270339

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1036 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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NELSON ND-WALSH ND-

1036 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY

FOR WALSH AND NORTHERN NELSON COUNTIES...



AT 1035 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 4 

TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE HOOPLE...PARK RIVER... 

FORDVILLE...DAHLEN AND LAKOTA 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.



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LAT...LON 4817 9841 4820 9828 4854 9831 4853 9716

      4820 9716 4820 9791 4797 9792 4798 9843



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