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WGUS73 KFGF 270352

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1049 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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EDDY ND-BENSON ND-RAMSEY ND-NELSON ND-TOWNER ND-WALSH ND-

1049 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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

FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WALSH...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER...

NORTHWESTERN NELSON...RAMSEY...BENSON AND WESTERN EDDY COUNTIES...



AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAWTON...BROCKET...CRARY... 

PENN...MINNEWAUKAN AND MADDOCK AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS 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.



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LAT...LON 4809 9962 4838 9897 4855 9896 4854 9832

      4820 9829 4818 9841 4799 9844 4771 9895

      4760 9926 4769 9927 4786 9929 4785 9961



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