Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FLOODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
310 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...FLOOD WARNING ENDED AT 300 PM CDT GRIGGS...STEELE...TRAILL AND GRAND
FORKS COUNTIES...

...FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT FOR CASS COUNTY...

HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AS OF 300 PM CDT...
HOWEVER MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  ALTHOUGH THE FLOODING RAINS HAVE
TEMPORARLY ENDED...FLOODING WAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD ACROSS GRIGGS..
STEELE AND PART OF CASS COUNTIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTY AND LOW SPOTS
NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN GRIGGS...MUCH OF STEELE
AND PARTS OF CASS COUNTY.  IN THE WEST FARGO AREA AND HARWOOD AREA OF
CASS COUNTY FLOODING IS REPORTED WITH SOME EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING.  ANY RAINFALL
WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN RURAL CASS COUNTY...
HOWEVER URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
EWENS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
350 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

...ATMOSPHERE SETTING UP FOR NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...

AT 326 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING
OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND BEGINNING TO CROSS INTO SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA.

STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE LIDGERWOOD AREA OF
EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR LIDGERWOOD IN THE NEARBY TOWNS
OF MILNOR AND RUTLAND.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE TOWARD ALREADY FLOODED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA OVER THE
NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.  THE STORMS WILL REACH THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA
BETWEEN 600 AND 630 PM CDT.  THE INFLUENCE OF THE THESE STORMS...THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN IN PARTICILAR...WILL BE FELT AS FAR WEST OF AS
VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA AT THAT TIME.

MANY ROADWAYS IN OUR AREA ARE UNDER WATER.  DO NOT VENTURE OUT UNLESS
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.

STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IF YOU ARE IN (A
LOW LYING AREA OR NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER.  YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE
PLACE NOW.  CHECK YOUR BASEMENT SUMP PUMPS AND DRAINAGE AROUND YOUR
HOME TO BE SURE IT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

D MORIN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
440 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
   AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT...

AT 425 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN CLAY
AND WESTERN BECKER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG
STREAMS AND RIVERS.

ALSO...HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY
OVER DICKEY AND SARGENT COUNTIES WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY HEAVILY
SATURATED.

PERSONS OVER DICKEY AND SARGENT COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
CLAY AND WESTERN BECKER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SHOULD PREPARE
FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND BE READY TO MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF FLOODING OCCURS.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE OVER
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVING NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING
OVER LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS.

MANY ROADWAYS IN OUR AREA ARE UNDER WATER.  DO NOT VENTURE OUT UNLESS
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.

STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IF YOU ARE IN A
LOW LYING AREA OR NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER.  YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SAFE PLACE. CHECK YOUR BASEMENT SUMP PUMPS AND DRAINAGE AROUND
YOUR HOME TO BE SURE IT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

SPIES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
540 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
   AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
   NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 527 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN VERY
HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEAR TO BE MOVING INTO SOUTH-
EAST NORTH DAKOTA...MAINLY OVER DICKEY...LA MOURE...SARGENT...MCINTOSH
AND SOUTHERN BARNES COUNTIES. IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BOTH CLAY AND BECKER
COUNTIES WERE EXPERIENCING VERY HEAVY RAINS.
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SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER NORTH-
EAST NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN GRAND FORKS AND DEVILS LAKE...NORTHWARD TO
THE CANADIAN LINE.

MANY ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY UNDER WATER IN MANY AREAS. REMEMEMBER...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ROADS THAT ARE SUBMERGED IN WATER.

STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBVLITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IF YOU ARE IN A
LOW LYING AREA OR NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER.  YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SAFE PLACE. CHECK YOUR BASEMENT SUMP PUMPS AND DRAINAGE AROUND
YOUR HOME TO BE SURE IT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.

SPIES