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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

222 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR GRAND FORKS...NORTHERN TRAILL

AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 219 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG 

A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF CROOKSTON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF 

NIELSVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

GRAND FORKS TO 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...LARIMORE...EAST GRAND FORKS AND CROOKSTON 

WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GRAND FORKS...NORTHEAST TRAILL AND WESTERN 

POLK COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



THE GRAND FORKS SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING AT 130 AM 

CDT...UNIVERSITY AVENUE NEAR TULANE DRIVE WAS UNDER 3 FEET OF 

WATER AND PORTIONS OF 24TH AVENUE WERE CLOSED.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



CAMPERS NEAR A STREAM...RIVER OR A LOW LYING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED

TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.



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