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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

510 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM 

CDT...



AT 335 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG 

A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROOKSTON TO 3 MILES EAST 

OF CLIMAX...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM CLIMAX TO 

ELDRED...GIRARD...HAROLD...MELVIN AND BELTRAMI. MUCH OF THIS AREA 

DRAINS INTO THE BURNHAM CREEK...THEN TO THE RED LAKE RIVER NEAR 

FISHER. EXPECT DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND BURNHAM CREEK TO RISE 

RAPIDLY AND POSSIBLY OVERFLOW THROUGH THE MORNING 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.



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