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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

926 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

     BARNES



AT 926 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY INTO WESTERN BARNES COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE RAINFALLS OF 1.5 

TO 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR OVER SMALL PORTIONS OF BARNES COUNTY. 

RESIDENTS OF THE LEAL...ROGERS AND SANBORN AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO 

THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW LAND FLOODING AND RISES ON DITCHES AND CREEKS.



DUE TO THE RECENT...RELATIVELY DRY WEATHER ONLY MODERATE AMOUNTS OF 

RUNOFF AND PONDING ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER IF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE 

PAST THE MIDNIGHT HOUR THE FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING 

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



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