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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1245 AM CDT WED AUG 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALSH COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM

CDT...



AT 1244 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDINBURG TO 8 MILES

NORTH OF NASH OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

LANGDON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE

EAST AT 20 MPH.



LATEST DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER FOUR 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE CITIES OF FAIRDALE...PARK RIVER 

EDINBURG AND ADAMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 2AM CDT WHICH WOULD ONLY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING SITUATION ALREADY OCCURRING.



AT 1230 AM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE INTERSECTION OF 

HIGHWAY 32 AND 17 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. IN ADDITION 

SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF PARK 

RIVER.  



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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