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MNZ029-NDZ053-290300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
933 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WILKIN AND RICHLAND COUNTIES 
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 931 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE 
THROUGH RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 
25 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS LIKELY THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT. 

THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS SEVERAL STALLED CARS IN 
THE CITY OF WAHPETON. PERSONS TRAVELING IN RICHLAND AND WILKIN 
COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND NOT TO TRAVEL 
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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.

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