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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

905 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM FOR NELSON...AND

PEMBINA COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA AND KITTSON...ROSEAU AND LAKE OF

THE WOODS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR WESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY AT

900 PM...



INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS ROSEAU AND LAKE OF

THE WOODS COUNTIES AT 850 PM CDT...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

SHOWING 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS

REPORT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IN THE HENSEL AREA OF

PEMBINA COUNTY WITH FLOODING REPORTED. COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORT

THAT ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL IN THE MCVILLE AREA IN LESS THAN ONE HALF

HOUR BETWEEN 7 AND 730 PM. THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FLOODING

IN THE MCVILLE AND ANETA AREAS. THE AUTOMATED STATION AT HALLOCK

REPORTED 0.91 INCHES RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR...WITH PUBLIC

REPORTS OF 2 INCHES JUST SOUTH OF HALLOCK IN THE SAME TIME PRODUCING

FLOODING.



THE EXCESSIVE RAINS HAVE ENDED IN THE NELSON...PEMBINA AND KITTSON

COUNTY AREAS YET RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE LONGER. VERY HEAVY

RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE WOODS AREAS

THROUGH 1015 PM PRODUCING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.

$$

EWENS





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