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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

1245 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN POLK...EASTERN 

EDDY...GRAND FORKS...NELSON AND NORTHWEST TRAILL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 

PM CDT...



AT 1240 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG TO 12

MILES SOUTH OF PEKIN OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 39 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF GRAFTON TO 42 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT 

WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT A BRIEF 

BREAK IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HAS FORMED FROM HATTON UP TO GRAND 

FORKS AND TABOR...HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION OVER NELSON COUNTY WILL 

MOVE BACK INTO THESE AREAS BY 3 PM.



GRAND FORKS...EAST GRAND FORKS...HATTON...LAKOTA AND LARIMORE 

LARIMORE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 

TO 3 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG A HATTON TO JUST SOUTH OF GRAND 

FORKS TO TABOR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAINS MOVE BACK INTO 

THE AREA. PERSONS CAN EXPECT RAPID RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS MAY CAUSE WASHOUTS ON RURAL ROADS. ALSO MAKE 

SURE THAT YOUR DOWN SPOUTS ARE POINTED AWAY FROM YOUR HOME TO HELP 

PREVENT BASEMENT FLOODING. 



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 



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BRAZZELL



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