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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

243 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA 

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAHPETON

  WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES

  WEST OF ROTHSAY TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYNDMERE OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAHPETON TO 30 MILES WEST OF

  WAHPETON. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY RADAR.



* ABERCROMBIE...KENT...GALCHUTT...AND WYNDMERE WILL BE AFFECTED BY   

  THE HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR

  MORE WERE INDICATED AT ABERCROMBIE AND GALCHUTT. BASEMENT FLOODING

  HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BRECKENRIDGE.  FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE

  BOIS DE SIOUX...OTTER TAIL AND THE WILD RICE RIVER OF NORTH DAKOTA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4661 9627 4647 9727 4601 9722 4618 9628



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