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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

539 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST

  OF DETROIT LAKES TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING TO THE

  NORTH AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL

  HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN BECKER AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES OVER THE

  PAST THREE HOURS. A SECOND BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS

  EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO BECKER AND CLAY COUNTIES BY 630 AM CDT...

  ADDING TO THE ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION FROM EARLIER RAINS THIS

  MORNING.



* FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...LOW LYING AREAS AND RIVERS AND STREAMS IN

  BECKER AND CLAY COUNTIES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1130 AM CDT...

  ESPECIALLY IN THE BARNESVILLE...DETROIT LAKES AND WOLF LAKES AREAS

  AS AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 1 INCH OF RAIN FALLS BY 8 AM CDT.

  BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



RJT

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