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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

717 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001





...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN

KITTSON...ALL OF ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 900

PM...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN KITTSON COUNTY INTO

ROSEAU AND CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES DURING THE LATE

AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED UP TO ONE

AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SOUTH OF WARROAD...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES

SHOWING AN AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM JUST SOUTH OF CARIBOU TO NEAR

HAUG...THEN TO NEAR SALOL...WARROAD AND WILLIAMS. REPORTS FROM

COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS INDICATE PONDING OF WATER IS AGAIN A PROBLEM

IN AREA FARM LAND...WITH SOME LOW LAND FLOODING IN THE LANCASTER AND

CARIBOU AREAS.



ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A

WHILE LONGER WITH LOW SPOTS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS STILL LIKELY TO

EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. UNLESS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS RE DEVELOP

THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

AT 900 PM.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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EWENS

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