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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1201 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 215 AM CDT....

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BELTRAMI AND HUBBARD COUNTIES IN 

NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BECKER AND CLAY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST 

MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AND SARGENT 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY MORNING POTENT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 

MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE MOST PERSISTENT AND 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS APPEAR TO BE IN TWO LOCALES...ONE ACROSS THE 

NORMAN AND MAHNOMEN COUNTY AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH THE 

OTHER ACROSS SARGENT AND PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA.



AROUND 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT THE CITIES OF WAUBUN AND MAHNOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORT FLOODING RAINS IN THE 

MILNOR AND GWINNER AREAS OF SARGENT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA. THE OBSERVER IN GWINNER REPORTED RAINFALLS OF 1.4 INCHES PER 

HOUR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE ISLAND LAKE AREA OF EASTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY AND THE BAGLEY 

AREA OF SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR 

ALSO INDICATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORMAN...MUCH OF MAHNOMEN AND SOUTHERN 

CLEARWATER COUNTIES. 5 TO 6 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN 

BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN HUBBARD...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BEING 

INDICATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN BECKER 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREAS. EVEN AFTER 

RAINFALLS END RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



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.





$$



EWENS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1201 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 215 AM CDT....

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BELTRAMI...LAKE OF THE WOODS... 

HUBBARD AND CLEARWATER COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BECKER 

AND CLAY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AND SARGENT 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY MORNING POTENT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 

MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE MOST PERSISTENT AND 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS APPEAR TO BE IN TWO LOCALES...ONE ACROSS THE 

NORMAN AND MAHNOMEN COUNTY AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH THE 

OTHER ACROSS SARGENT AND PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA.



AROUND 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT THE CITIES OF WAUBUN AND MAHNOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORT FLOODING RAINS IN THE 

MILNOR AND GWINNER AREAS OF SARGENT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA. THE OBSERVER IN GWINNER REPORTED RAINFALLS OF 1.4 INCHES PER 

HOUR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE ISLAND LAKE AREA OF EASTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY AND THE BAGLEY 

AREA OF SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR 

ALSO INDICATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORMAN...MUCH OF MAHNOMEN AND SOUTHERN 

CLEARWATER COUNTIES. 5 TO 6 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN 

BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN HUBBARD...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BEING 

INDICATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN BECKER 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREAS. EVEN AFTER 

RAINFALLS END RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



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.





$$

...CORRECTED TO ADD CLEARWATER AND LAKE OF THE WOODS WARNINGS TO 

HEADERS...



EWENS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1201 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 215 AM CDT....

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BELTRAMI AND HUBBARD COUNTIES IN 

NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BECKER AND CLAY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST 

MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AND SARGENT 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY MORNING POTENT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 

MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE MOST PERSISTENT AND 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS APPEAR TO BE IN TWO LOCALES...ONE ACROSS THE 

NORMAN AND MAHNOMEN COUNTY AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH THE 

OTHER ACROSS SARGENT AND PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA.



AROUND 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT THE CITIES OF WAUBUN AND MAHNOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORT FLOODING RAINS IN THE 

MILNOR AND GWINNER AREAS OF SARGENT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA. THE OBSERVER IN GWINNER REPORTED RAINFALLS OF 1.4 INCHES PER 

HOUR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE ISLAND LAKE AREA OF EASTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY AND THE BAGLEY 

AREA OF SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR 

ALSO INDICATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORMAN...MUCH OF MAHNOMEN AND SOUTHERN 

CLEARWATER COUNTIES. 5 TO 6 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN 

BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN HUBBARD...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BEING 

INDICATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN BECKER 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREAS. EVEN AFTER 

RAINFALLS END RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



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.





$$



EWENS

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1201 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MAHNOMEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 215 AM CDT....

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BELTRAMI...LAKE OF THE WOODS... 

HUBBARD AND CLEARWATER COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BECKER 

AND CLAY COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AND SARGENT 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA 

UNTIL 315 AM CDT...



AT MIDNIGHT THIS SUNDAY MORNING POTENT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 

MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. THE MOST PERSISTENT AND 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS APPEAR TO BE IN TWO LOCALES...ONE ACROSS THE 

NORMAN AND MAHNOMEN COUNTY AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH THE 

OTHER ACROSS SARGENT AND PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA.



AROUND 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT THE CITIES OF WAUBUN AND MAHNOMEN WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORT FLOODING RAINS IN THE 

MILNOR AND GWINNER AREAS OF SARGENT COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA. THE OBSERVER IN GWINNER REPORTED RAINFALLS OF 1.4 INCHES PER 

HOUR.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE ISLAND LAKE AREA OF EASTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTY AND THE BAGLEY 

AREA OF SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR 

ALSO INDICATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN NORMAN...MUCH OF MAHNOMEN AND SOUTHERN 

CLEARWATER COUNTIES. 5 TO 6 INCHES ARE INDICATED ACROSS SOUTHERN 

BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN HUBBARD...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN BEING 

INDICATED TO HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN CLAY AND NORTHERN BECKER 

COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREAS. EVEN AFTER 

RAINFALLS END RUN OFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS.



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.





$$

...CORRECTED TO ADD CLEARWATER AND LAKE OF THE WOODS WARNINGS TO 

HEADERS...



EWENS

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