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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

150 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM FOR EASTERN GRAND

FORKS...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHEAST TRAILL AND WESTERN POLK...



POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN

ONE HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. 2.88 INCHES OF RAIN

FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS BETWEEN

1220 AND 1250 AM. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS

THE GRAND FORKS METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED

AND SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. WHILE THE RED RIVER AT EAST GRAND FORKS

JUMPED 0.68 FEET IN AN HOUR...IT SHOULD REMAIN WELL BELOW FLOOD

STAGE. HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE CREATING RISES IN AREA

RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THE POTENT STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...YET RUNOFF

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE

ACROSS SOUTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY BETWEEN 150 AM AND 220 AM...FURTHER

AGGREVAITING THE FLOODING SITUATION.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



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