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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

258 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KITTSON...EASTERN CAVALIER AND

PEMBINA COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...



AT 300 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO AFFECT 

THE OSNABROCK...BACKOO...CAVALIER...PEMBINA AND LANCASTER AREAS. 

WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH...REPEAT 

MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREA IS PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAINS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OBSERVERS REPORT THAT STREET 

FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN URBAN AREAS...WITH RURAL DITCHES FULL AND 

MANY FIELDS BECOMING INUNDATED.



WALHALLA...PEMBINA...KARLSTAD...CAVALIER AND HALLOCK WILL BE AFFECTED

BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT WIDESPREAD ONE 

INCH RAIN FALLS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 100 PM...WITH MORE SCATTERED 2 

TO 2 AND ONE HALF INCH AMOUNTS. AT 300 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

THAT MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE KITTSON... 

EASTERN CAVALIER AND PEMBINA COUNTY AREAS THROUGH 500 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



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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