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NDC077-081-301230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

417 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RICHLAND AND SARGENT COUNTIES

UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 405 AM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM 

NEAR WYNDMERE AND MANTADOR...TO THE CAYUGA...RUTLAND AND BRAMPTON 

AREAS. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH ISOLATED ONE 

AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCH AMOUNTS.



MILNOR...LIDGERWOOD...GWINNER...FORMAN AND WYNDMERE WILL BE AFFECTED 

BY THE HEAVY RAIN. THE WILD RICE RIVER NEAR ABERCROMBIE HAS REACTED 

OVERNIGHT BY RISING NEARLY 5 FEET SINCE LATE SATURDAY EVENING. WITH 

OVERLAND FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA 

YOU SHOULD EXPECT RUNOFF TO CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES ON AREA RIVERS 

AND CREEKS. LOCALIZED OVERLAND FLOODING IS ALSO ANTICIPATED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



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