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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

850 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN BELTRAMI AND LAKE OF 

THE WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...



AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK ACROSS THE COUNTY LINE 

BETWEEN LAKE OF THE WOODS AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL OF ALMOST 2 INCHES WITHIN THE LAST HOUR IN THE MULLIGAN 

LAKE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER 

THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH 1130 PM CAUSING CONTINUED FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS AND RURAL ROADS. 

 

RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE RAPID 

RIVER...TROY CREEK THROUGH 1130 PM. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 



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