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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

129 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRAND FORKS AND POLK COUNTIES 

UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 121 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG

A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANVEL TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF

BYGLAND OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS

TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10

MPH.



GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...EAST GRAND FORKS AND CROOKSTON WILL BE 

AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 

TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. EXPECT STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS. RURAL 

AREAS CAN EXPECT DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS TO RESPOND QUICKLY.



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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