070
WGUS73 KFGF 171053
FFSFGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
553 AM CDT TUE SEP 17 2024
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BENSON ND-TOWNER ND-
553 AM CDT TUE SEP 17 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENSON AND SOUTHWESTERN TOWNER COUNTIES...
AT 553 AM CDT, RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS
NO LONGER A CONCERN.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CANDO, LEEDS, HARLOW, KNOX, YORK, FILLMORE AND BAKER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
TRAPPERS COULEE, BIG COULEE AND LITTLE COULEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE - TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. DON'T TRAVEL THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4837 9949 4845 9949 4854 9929 4850 9919
4830 9937 4822 9930 4802 9985 4829 9985
4837 9967
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
VG
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