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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

1120 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT 

UNTIL 1230 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA...

     

AT 1115 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS IN EXTREME WESTERN BARNES COUNTY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE 

FALLEN IN ISOLATED PORTIONS OF BARNES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE 

ECKELSON AND FOX LAKE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY 

DECREASING AS THEY MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF  

BARNES COUNTY...SO THE FLOODING THREAT IS MUCH LESS THERE.



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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