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NDZ048-051-072200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

1035 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 400 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.



RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER 

OF THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT 

TIMES. WEATHER OBSERVERS AND RADAR ESTIMATES OF PRECIPITATION 

THROUGH 1000 AM CDT THIS MORNING SUGGEST THAT UP TO 1.50 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN DICKEY AND LAMOURE COUNTIES...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 

HALF INCH OF 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. REPORT ANY 

FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE.



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