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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

453 AM CDT TUE AUG 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RAMSEY AND BENSON 

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 451 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG

A LINE EXTENDING FROM EDMORE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST MICHAEL OR

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTH OF LANGDON TO 13 MILES

SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.



VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE CONTINUED OVER THE AREA WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY FROM A LINE EXTENDING FROM CRARY...TO 

JUST NORTH OF DEVILS LAKE AND WEST TOWARDS LEEDS. THE HEAVIEST 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST AND ARE LOCATED OVER 

EASTERN RAMSEY 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.



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DONAVON

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