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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

856 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA



*FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED FOR...

 RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

 WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 830 AM CDT...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ALONG WITH DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH RAINS OCCURRED

  OVERNIGHT. RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT A BAND OF MODERATE RAINFALL

  CONTINUES  ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTY...ALL OF BARNES COUNTY

  AND INTO RANSOM AND SARGENT COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH A BRIEF BREAK FROM

  THE RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. THIS BAND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE

  BACK INTO THE AREA THROUGH 230 PM CDT...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH EXPECTED. RUNOFF WILL ALSO

  CONTINUE IN RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT. IN

  ADDITION RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE BACK INTO RICHLAND AND WILKIN

  COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED.

  AT 830 AM...THE RICHLAND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER INDICATED

  THAT SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY HAD WATER RUNNING OVER THEM AND

  WERE CLOSED OR BEING CLOSED.



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

 OCCUR THROUGH 230 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL  BASEMENT FLOODING IS ALSO

 POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREAS AS WELL. DO NOT TRY TO GO THROUGH

 BARRICADES THAT MAY BE UP ON AREA ROADS...IF YOU DO YOU ARE PUTTING

 YOUR LIFE AT RISK.



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.



BRAZZELL





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