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WGUS63 KFGF 041617  
FFAFGF  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
1117 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
MNZ001>003-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027-028-NDZ027-029-030-038-  
039-050030-  
/O.NEW.KFGF.FA.A.0001.250704T2100Z-250705T0600Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH  
BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH  
BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST  
BECKER-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CROOKSTON, THIEF RIVER FALLS, TWO INLETS,  
MOORHEAD, RED LAKE, VALLEY CITY, PARK RAPIDS, BEMIDJI, MAHNOMEN,  
FARGO, FINLEY, HILLSBORO, MIDDLE RIVER, NEWFOLDEN, GRAND FORKS,  
EAST GRAND FORKS, MAYVILLE, HALSTAD, DETROIT LAKES, BAUDETTE,  
LAKE ITASCA, ADA, BAGLEY, RED LAKE FALLS, AND FOSSTON  
1117 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,  
CLAY, EAST BECKER, EAST MARSHALL, EAST POLK, HUBBARD, LAKE OF THE  
WOODS, MAHNOMEN, NORMAN, NORTH BELTRAMI, NORTH CLEARWATER,  
PENNINGTON, RED LAKE, SOUTH BELTRAMI, SOUTH CLEARWATER, WEST  
BECKER AND WEST POLK AND NORTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREAS, BARNES, CASS, GRAND FORKS, STEELE AND TRAILL.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR  
RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING. THEY ARE FORECAST TO MERGE INTO A LINE THAT WOULD  
PROGRESS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS RESULTING IN AN INCREASED  
RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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