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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

923 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING 

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

     WESTERN POLK



IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

     GRAND FORKS



IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

     BARNES...TRAILL AND STEELE



AT 919 AM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN ALONG A VALLEY CITY TO HOPE TO HATTON TO GRAND FORKS TO TABOR 

LINE. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN 

THIS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY...AS 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS WELL.



CITIES WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN TODAY ARE...

VALLEY CITY...HATTON...MAYVILLE...THOMPSON...GRAND FORKS...EAST 

GRAND FORKS AND TABOR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS 

WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH 

DAKOTA...AND ADJACENT RED RIVER VALLEY AREAS OF MINNESOTA. 



STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE FOR WEATHER INFORMATION FOR ANY 

FURTHER STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS TODAY.



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DJK

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