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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

442 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 655 AM CDT FOR

BENSON...EDDY AND RANSOM COUNTIES...



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA. NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5

INCHES OF RAIN OVER AN AREA FROM NEW ROCKFORD TO ESMOND

AND DEVILS LAKE. REPORTS FROM THE DEVILS LAKE AREA INCLUDED WATER

COVERING ROADS IN THE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE.



RAIN WILL BE ENDING IN THE DEVILS LAKE AREA BY 530 AM WITH AN

ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 6AM. DITCHES WILL BE OVER

FLOWING AND ROADWAYS MAY BE WASHED OUT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



KENNEDY

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