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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1122 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON

AND TONIGHT...



THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE: 

NORMAN...MAHNOMEN...CLEARWATER...HUBBARD...BECKER...CLAY...WADENA...

WILKIN...OTTER TAIL...GRANT...PEMBINA...CAVALIER...TOWNER...WALSH... 

RAMSEY...BENSON...GRAND FORKS...NELSON...EDDY...GRIGGS...TRAILL... 

STEELE...BARNES...CASS...RANSOM...RICHLAND AND SARGENT. SOME CITIES 

INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DETROIT LAKES...DEVILS LAKE...FARGO... 

FERGUS FALLS...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...VALLEY CITY AND 

WAHPETON.



A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL

PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH

DAKOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS

AFTERNOON WITH THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AND

WITH SOILS WELL SATURATED DUE TO PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ANY

PRECIPITATION THAT DOES FALL WILL BEGIN TO RUN OFF IN A SHORT PERIOD

OF TIME WHICH MAY CREATE FLASH FLOODING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH

AREA.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER OR UNKNOWN DEPTH.  ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL

FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



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