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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

723 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN CASS COUNTY UNTIL 930

PM CDT...



AT 720 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING 

AREA...HOWEVER RISES ON THE MAPLE RIVER UPSTREAM OF MAPLETON AND THE 

RUSH RIVER FROM AMENIA UPSTREAM ARE LIKELY AS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER 

RAINS CONTINUE. WHILE WITHIN BANK RISES ARE ANTICIPATED ON THE UPPER 

REACHES OF THE MAPLE AND RUSH RIVERS...LOCAL RUNOFF INTO AREA 

DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THE EVENING AS 

WATER DRAINS OFF.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...CABLE

TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CHECK OUT OUR

WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML USING LOWER CASE.



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