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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...UPDATED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

300 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 

RANSOM...THE NORTH HALF OF RICHLAND...THE NORTH HALF OF WILKIN AND 

ALL OF OTTER TAIL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM...



THIS FLOOD ADVISORY INCLUDES THE ANSELM...WALCOTT...CHRISTINE 

...ABERCROMBIE...ROTHSAY...ELIZABETH...FERGUS FALLS...OTTERTAIL AND 

DEER CREEK AREAS. 



RESIDENTS OF THE SHEYENNE RIVER FROM DOWNSTREAM OF LISBON TO JUST 

SOUTH OF KINDRED SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISES. ALSO...PORTIONS OF THE 

ANTELOPE CREEK...WILD RICE RIVER BETWEEN DWIGHT AND CHRISTINE WILL 

BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. RESIDENTS ALONG THE PELICAN RIVER FROM 

FERGUS FALLS TO PELICAN RAPIDS AND TRIBUTARIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR 

MODERATE...GENERALLY WITHIN BANK RISES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. 

FINALLY...RESIDENTS OF THE CENTRAL OTTERTAIL LAKES REGION SHOULD BE 

ALERT TO LOW LAND FLOODING.



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED FROM THE LISBON AREA ACROSS 

ANSELM...WALCOTT...CHRISTINE...ABERCROMBIE AND ROTHSAY AREAS BETWEEN 

1130 PM SUNDAY NIGHT AND 100 AM THIS MONDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS THEN CONTINUED ACROSS THE FERGUS FALLS AND INTO THE 

OTTERTAIL AREAS BETWEEN 100 AM AND 300 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOW A NARROW BAND OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE ABOVE AREAS 

BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 200 AM. THE WILD RICE RIVER AT ABERCROMBIE WAS 

SHOWING MODERATE WITHIN BANK RISES...WITH MINOR RISES NOTED ON THE 

SHEYENNE IN LISBON. WITH SATURATED SOILS...RUNOFF WILL BE QUICK. 

ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW EAST OF THE RED RIVER...MORE 

RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



...ADVISORY UPDATED TO INCLUDE EASTERN OTTERTAIL COUNTY...



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