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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1207 AM CDT MON AUG 9 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KITTSON COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM

CDT...



AT 1205 AM CDT...AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL PASS SOUTHWARD ACROSS 

KITTSON COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 

ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS AREA OF RAINFALL MOVES OVER 

KITTSON COUNTY. 



RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEEN INDICATED AT THE HALLOCK RIVER 

GAUGE 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 RIVERS IN KITTSON COUNTY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 

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

HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. 



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL

FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



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