Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 24, 2003, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 2003, 5:45 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sargent County, ND

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000 
WGUS53 KFGF 250258
FFWFGF
NDC081-251045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
958 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT.

* AT 955 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE...MOVEMENT WAS TO
  THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* FORMAN...MILNOR...GWINNER...STRAUBVILLE AND STIRUM WILL BE AFFECTED
  BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3      
  INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE SATURATED SOIL 
  CONDITIONS CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...RUNOFF
  SHOULD BE RAPID AND WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE QUICKLY.  

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.

LAT...LON 4596 9799 4597 9728 4627 9730 4627 9800


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BRAMER

000 
WGUS73 KFGF 250642
FFSFGF
NDC081-251230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
136 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SARGENT COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM
CDT...

AT 132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE LIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST 
OF THE AREA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FIRING SOUTH OF 
THE BORDER OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE 
REGION OVERNIGHT. LATEST DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF 
THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS RAINFALL COUPLED WITH VERY SATURATED 
GROUNDS CURRENTLY IN PLACE HAS LED TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW 
LYING AREAS AND DITCHES.   

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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BERG

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