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FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
415 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST THROUGH WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING. SOME OF THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF 
A LINE FROM VALLEY CITY TO FARGO AND BEMIDJI WHERE WIDESPREAD 
AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS AREA 
HAS RECEIVED PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY RESULT IN RAPID 
RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS AND MAY CAUSE PONDING IN LOW LYING 
AREAS.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL 
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 
TONIGHT AND TO LAKE SUPERIOR ON SATURDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF 
THE LOW HAS PRODUCED A VERY MOIST AIRMASS FOR THE REGION. THE RAIN 
WILL DEVELOP NEAR AND BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND 
CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...NORTHWEST 
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 
    
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS
AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING HYDROLOGIC
SITUATION. FOR THE MOST RECENT OBSERVED RIVER LEVELS ON THE 
INTERNET...SEE WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS/INDEX.HTML (LOWER CASE).


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KENNEDY