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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1055 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN POLK AND 

GRAND FORKS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT...



TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE FALLEN THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF

GRAND FORKS AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES. RAINFALL OF 1.60 INCHES WAS 

REPORTED AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS...THE MAJORITY 

OF WHICH FELL IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

PUSHING AWAY FROM THE AREA...SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUES IN PLACES. 

MANY STREETS IN GRAND FORKS ARE STILL UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY ON 

THE WEST SIDE. 



PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE HARD TO 

RECOGNIZE...AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.





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