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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

819 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR OTTER TAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES 

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



AT 814 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER 

THE SAME GENERAL AREA FROM ELBOW LAKE TO PARKERS PRAIRIE...MOVEMENT 

OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR AS WELL AS 

SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE SHERRIFS OFFICE IN GRANT COUNTY 

INDICATES THAT COUNTY ROAD 9 EAST OF HERMAN IS WASHED OUT AND 

HIGHWAY 79 EAST OF ELBOW LAKE HAS WATER ON THE ROAD. AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 1000 PM. FROM PARKERS 

PRAIRIE TO ELBOW LAKE.



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.



CAMPERS NEAR A STREAM...RIVER OR A LOW LYING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED

TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.



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