

620 

RWUS32 KFAR 180006

FFSFAR

MNZ017-023-024-028-180200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

706 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM

FOR EASTERN BECKER...SOUTHERN CLEARWATER...HUBBARD AND EXTREME SOUTH

BELTRAMI...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BETWEEN 330 AND

630 PM...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCALES. ISOLATED 2 AND ONE HALF INCH

RAIN AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LAKE GEORGE AND TWO INLETS AREAS.



AS OF 700 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS

WOULD MOVE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY 800 PM. RAINFALLS UP TO ONE

INCH IN AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER MOST PEOPLE IN THE ADVISORY

AREA WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ADDITIONAL RAIN. RUNOFF

WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD

PRONE AREAS THROUGH SUNSET...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.





 

