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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

231 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY...EXTREME

SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...WESTERN POLK COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN

TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA EXPIRES AT 230 AM...



THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLOODING RAINS ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE

WARNING AREA. WHILE RAINS HAVE ENDED...RUNOFF CONTINUES. PRELIMINARY

SURVEYS OF THE AREA AROUND GRAND FORKS INDICATES DITCHES FULL AND

FLOWING WITH HIGH WATER IN RURAL AREAS. SOME ROADS REMAIN FLOODED

BOTH IN TOWN AND IN OPEN COUNTRY.



ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

RESIDENTS OF THE CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY NEED TO BE ALERT TO RUNOFF

AND LOCAL FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALLS ARE POSSIBLE LATER

TODAY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT.



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