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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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GRAND FORKS ND-NELSON ND-POLK MN-

1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY

FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL NELSON AND GRAND FORKS

COUNTIES...



AT 1040 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THIS EVENING IN THE GRAND 

FORKS...MANVEL...GILBY...LARIMORE AND INKSTER AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY 

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. CAMPERS IN THE LARIMORE 

DAM AND TURTLE RIVER STATE PARK AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO 4 TO 6 FOOT 

RISES ON THE TURTLE RIVER...WHICH COULD SWAMP LOWER LYING CAMP 

GROUND AREAS OVERNIGHT. 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 4804 9790 4819 9790 4818 9715 4815 9651

      4781 9650 4781 9787



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