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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1116 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARNES COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115

PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CDT

FRIDAY...



THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED FLOODING RAINS ACROSS BARNES

COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF

FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE LITCHVILLE OR HASTINGS AREAS.

WITH THE ENDING OF THE RAIN HAVING OCCURRED SEVERAL HOURS AGO...THE

THREAT FOR FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED IN BARNES COUNTY. THEREFORE THE

FLOOD WARNING FOR BARNES COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



IN THE CASE OF CASS COUNTY...THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MORE RECENTLY

ENDED THERE...SO RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. MINOR

RISES HAVE BEEN NOTED ON THE MAPLE...SHEYENNE AND PARTS OF THE RED

RIVER SINCE 800 PM...INDICATIVE THAT RUNOFF IS STILL OCCURRING.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL EVIDENT IN

THE MAPLETON AND CASSELTON AREAS SO FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A

THREAT THROUGH 115 AM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



$$

EWENS



 

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