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MNZ001-NDZ027-151000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1215 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND FORKS AND

WESTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM CDT...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA...PRODUCING 

RAINFALL OF 1.16 INCHES IN LESS THAN 40 MINUTES AT THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS.



AT 1142 PM...THE INTERSECTION OF 24TH AND CONTINENTAL IN GRAND FORKS

WAS FLOODED.



STREET AND OVERLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST 

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF 

LARIMORE...EMERADO...GRAND FORKS...EAST GRAND FORKS...AND MALLORY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING 

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL FLOAT MOST CARS 

DOWNSTREAM.





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