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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

804 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 155 PM CDT



* AT 800 AM CDT...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORTED BETWEEN 1 AND 2

  INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT WITH FLOODING CURRENTLY ONGOING IN A FEW

  LOCATIONS. ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES THAT THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY

  DIMINISHED IN OTTERTAIL AND WADENA COUNTIES RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE

  TO CAUSE FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE ARE

  ALSO SEVERAL OTHER RAIN BANDS SET TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTH

  CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 11 AM CDT...ADDING TO THE ABUNDENT

  PRECIPIATION FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING.



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

  OTTERTAIL AND WADENA COUNTIES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 2 PM CDT.

  ADDITIONAL BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY

  AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH

  POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM CDT.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.  ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL

FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



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