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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

846 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KITTSON COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM 

CDT MONDAY MORNING...



AT 845 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO ROTATE 

OVER KITTSON COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT. 



DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS HAVE 

INDICATED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A BAND FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF 

KENNEDY TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALLOCK. RAPID RISES IN RIVER 

LEVELS HAVE BEEN INDICATED AT THE HALLOCK RIVER GAGE ON THE TWO 

RIVERS RIVER. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE OVERNIGHT ALONG ALL 

BRANCHES OF THE TWO RIVERS RIVER ACROSS KITTSON COUNTY. THE LAKE 

LEVEL AT LAKE BRONSON IS ALSO EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE OVERNIGHT. 



PERSONS LIVING NEAR STREAMS IN KITTSON SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER 

LEVELS TONIGHT FOR RAPID RISES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUNDS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. MOTORISTS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR 

THE POTENTIAL OF ROAD WASHOUTS. THESE WASHOUTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO 

SEE AT NIGHT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER WHICH COVERS THE 

ROAD.    



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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