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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

900 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

     RED LAKE...BECKER...MAHNOMEN...EASTERN CLAY...SOUTHERN POLK...

     NORMAN...CLEARWATER AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNINGTON



IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

     HUBBARD...SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS AND BELTRAMI



AT 854 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST 

ACROSS THE REGION AT 30 MPH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND 

FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION 

THROUGH 11 PM CDT...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BAUDETTE 

TO ADA TO BARNESVILLE. LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH BY 11 

PM...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH 

MUCH OF THE NIGHT.



THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

ADA TO OKLEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BAUDETTE...AND FROM DETROIT LAKES 

TO BEMIDJI AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE REGION.



CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS 

THE PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO 

FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



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RJT



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