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WGUS73 KFGF 270424

FFSFGF



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1121 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



MNC107-119-NDC035-097-271400-

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NORMAN MN-GRAND FORKS ND-TRAILL ND-POLK MN-

1121 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



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

FOR SOUTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHEASTERN TRAILL...SOUTHEASTERN GRAND

FORKS AND NORTHWESTERN NORMAN COUNTIES...



AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

A LARGE AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE CUMMINGS... 

NIELSVILLE...ELDRED AND CLIMAX AREAS OF THE CENTRAL RED RIVER 

VALLEY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. 

THIS WILL CAUSE 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 4781 9702 4781 9651 4741 9680 4743 9717



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