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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

815 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARNES COUNTY UNTIL

1115 PM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

IN RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST BARNES COUNTY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 

MUCH OF THIS RAIN OCCURRED IN A ONE TO TWO HOUR TIME FRAME. THE 

HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS PUSHED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...DUE TO 

THE EXCESSIVE AFTERNOON RAINS...FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH LATE EVENING...WHENBY 

WATER HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SUBSIDE.



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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