The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Flood Warning for Urban Areas and Small Streams in…
Northern Barnes County in southeastern North Dakota…

and

Western Norman County in northwestern Minnesota…
Pennington County in northwestern Minnesota…
Marshall County in northwestern Minnesota…
Western Red Lake County in northwestern Minnesota…
Polk County in northwestern Minnesota…
Northwestern Beltrami County in north central Minnesota…
Grand Forks County in northeastern North Dakota…
Griggs County in southeastern North Dakota…
Walsh County in northeastern North Dakota…
Nelson County in northeastern North Dakota…
Northern Cass County in southeastern North Dakota…
Traill County in southeastern North Dakota…
Steele County in southeastern North Dakota…
Eddy County in northeastern North Dakota…

* Until 330 PM CDT Saturday.

* At 655 AM CDT, thunderstorms and steady rainfall continued over
portions of northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
Although really heavy rain has tapered back to lighter rain, some
locations picked up 2 to 5 inches of rain overnight. This amount
of water will take a while to move through the area drainage and
river systems. River responses are likely today as well.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Grand Forks, Thief River Falls, Grafton, East Grand Forks,
Crookston, Grand Forks AFB and Mayville.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 86 and 184.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.