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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1010 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SARGENT COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM 

CDT...



AT 1006 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN SARGENT 

COUNTY...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.



AREAS FROM CRETE AND STIRUM TO FORMAN AND RUTLAND WILL BE AFFECTED 

BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY TWO INCHES FELL IN THE 

CITY OF FORMAN IN 40 MINUTES WITH WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING COMMON 

ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE 

SITUATION ACROSS SARGENT COUNTY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



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