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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

538 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY 

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

     EASTERN BECKER AND SOUTHERN CLEARWATER



IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

     HUBBARD AND EXTREME SOUTH BELTRAMI



AT 524 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE BEMIDJI...WILTON...ZERKEL...NEW YORK 

MILLS...BECIDA ...PARK RAPIDS AND NEVIS AREAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD ALREADY AFFECTED THESE AREAS WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOWING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVING FALLEN IN THESE AREAS BETWEEN 

330 AND 530 PM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THESE 

AREAS THROUGH 700 PM WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OR MORE OF RAIN 

POSSIBLE. THIS WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER AND LOW LAND 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HAY CREEK AND MISSISSIPPI AND 

SCHOOLCRAFT RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE.



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