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WGUS63 KFGF 051028
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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
528 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
.RAIN HAD CONTINUED TO DECREASE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA DURING THE
PRE-DAWN HOURS THIS WEDNESDAY. DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS
SUGGEST THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WERE IN EASTERN WALSH...GRAND
FORKS...NELSON...RAMSEY AND TOWNER COUNTIES. THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN
ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE FOR AWHILE LONGER. THE DECREASE IN RAINFALL HAS GREATLY
DIMINISHED THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...SO
THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7AM CDT.

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TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...ADAMS
528 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH 
  DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NORTH 
  DAKOTA...BENSON...EDDY...GRAND FORKS...NELSON...RAMSEY... 
  TOWNER AND WESTERN WALSH. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...GRIGGS...
   STEELE AND TRAILL. 
* UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* RAIN CONTINUED OVERNIGHT BUT GREATLY DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND
  COVERAGE. RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS
  THE WATCH AREA. A FEW RIVERS AND COULEES IN THE WATCH AREA DID
  SHOW MINOR RESPONSES TO THE RAINFALL...AND THE CITY OF LAKOTA
  EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUES WITH BACKWATER IN THE SEWER SYSTEM.
  HOWEVER THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD OVERLAND FLOODING FROM THIS EVENT
  HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
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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