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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

524 AM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN POLK AND EASTERN RED LAKE 

COUNTIES CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT...



THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS 

OF EASTERN POLK AND EASTERN RED LAKE COUNTIES HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF 

THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN MENTOR AND ERSKINE. 

RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



A POLK COUNTY DEPUTY IN ERSKINE REPORTED STREET FLOODING AT 245 AM 

CDT. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD STILL BE ALERT TO RISING OR 

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE 

SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS 

FLOODING EVENT. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FOR 

TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...SO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY.



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