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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

941 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY 

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN 

SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST 

NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 

MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY MORNING...



POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE KINDRED...DAVENPORT... 

COMSTOCK AND SABIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL 

MINNESOTA LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS REPORTED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR IN THE WALCOTT...KINDRED AND SABIN AREAS. AN 

OBSERVER 3 MILES NORTH OF WALCOTT IN NORTHWEST RICHLAND COUNTY 

REPORTED 3.1 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT 

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND MAY DROP 

AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.



THE RED RIVER IN FARGO HAS JUMPED FROM 14.97 FEET AT 400 PM TO 15.83 

FEET AT 900 PM. THE BUFFALO RIVER AT SABIN JUMPED FROM 5.83 FEET AT 

500 PM TO 7.94 FEET AT 800 PM. THESE JUMPS ARE DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY 

RAINS WHICH FELL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE PRESENT TIME 

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.



PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND

MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR

HEAVY RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL WHEN

APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



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