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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

814 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH 

DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 

MIDNIGHT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 100

AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR WESTERN NORMAN... 

WESTERN CLAY...SOUTHWESTERN POLK...STEELE...TRAILL AND EASTERN CASS 

EXPIRED AT 800 PM CDT...



AT 750 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO 

MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE HAWLEY... 

DOWNER...ROLLAG AND BARNESVILLE AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW 

4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 600 PM WEST OF DOWNER AND 

JUST SOUTH OF HAWLEY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN A FEW AREAS 

OF CLAY COUNTY BEFORE THE RAINS END. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE CAUSING 

RISES ON THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE BUFFALO RIVER...THE BUFFALO RIVER 

AS WELL AS WHISKEY AND HAY CREEKS. 



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY OF 

NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN KITTSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST 

MINNESOTA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 630 PM IN THE GLASSTON...JOLIETTE 

AND HUMBOLDT AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOW MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

INTO THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE RISES ON 

THE TONGUE AND PEMBINA RIVERS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE TWO RIVERS 

RIVER. 



FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS LIKELY IN THE WARNING 

AREAS AND PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD CONTINUE.



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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