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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

130 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY...WILKIN...CASS AND 

OTTER TAIL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...



AT 125 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PARKERS PRAIRIE TO PELICAN RAPIDS 

TO CASSELTON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH.



ROTHSAY...HORACE...BARNESVILLE...PELICAN RAPIDS AND BATTLE LAKE WILL 

BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THIS AREA SO FAR TODAY...AND REPORTS OF 

STREET FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN URBAN AREAS. LOW LYING AREAS 

ALONG INTERSTATE 94 NEAR FERGUS FALLS AND INTERSTATE 29 NEAR BUXTON 

WERE REPORTED TO HAVE WATER OVER THEM...ALTHOUGH THEY REMAIN OPEN. 

MOST OF THE WARNED AREA CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN 

INCH OF RAIN...ALTHOUGH PORTIONS OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY CAN EXPECT UP 

TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL 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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