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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

343 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN 

PENNINGTON...NORTHWESTERN RED LAKE...EAST CENTRAL GRAND FORKS AND 

WEST CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN POLK...RED LAKE 

AND PENNINGTON COUNTY AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 

ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE 

ANGUS AREA OF POLK COUNTY THROUGH THE THIEF RIVER FALLS AND GOOD 

RIDGE AREAS. 



THE MANVEL...GRAND FORKS...ANGUS...THIEF RIVER FALLS AND GOODRIDGE 

AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAINS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 

THE ADDITIONAL RAINS AND CONTINUING RUNOFF LOOK FOR FLOODING TO 

CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH 530 PM.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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