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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

821 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN GRAND FORKS AND

EASTERN WALSH COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 817 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAD 

MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER AN AREA OF RAIN TO THE WEST 

CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS THROUGH THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES

HAVE FALLEN IN THE JOHNSTOWN...POLAND AND ARDOCH AREAS SINCE THE RAIN 

BEGAN THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH MAY 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM. GRAFTON...MINTO...JOHNSTOWN...GILBY AND WARSAW 

WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN.



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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