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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

652 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MAHNOMEN COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM 

CDT...



AT 650 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE 

ACROSS MAHNOMEN COUNTY...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



MAHNOMEN...WAUBUN...BEAULIEU AND BEJOU WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY 

RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR. THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED CITIZEN 

REPORTS OF HIGHWAY 200 FLOODED IN TWO LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY. THE 

FIRST LOCATION WAS 4 MILES WEST OF MAHNOMEN AND THE SECOND LOCATION 

WAS 2 MILES EAST OF MAHNOMEN. IN ADDITION...STREET FLOODING HAD ALSO 

OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF MAHNOMEN.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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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BRAMER



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