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NDZ048-051-072300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

425 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR 

THE COUNTIES OF LAMOURE AND DICKEY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE 

WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.



RAIN...AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING INTO 

THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 

PRECIPITATION THROUGH 400 AM CDT THIS MORNING SUGGEST THAT MORE THAN 

ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN COULD HAVE FALLEN IN EASTERN DICKEY AND 

LAMOURE COUNTIES...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE

EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER,

A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.



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