

000 

WGUS53 KFGF 132322

FFWFAR

MNC051-111-132345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

620 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 

  OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF WENDELL TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF ELBOW

  LAKE OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS

  TO 42 MILES SOUTH OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20

  MPH.



* WESTERN...WENDELL...AND ELBOW LAKE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY   

  RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN    

  GRANT COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM OVER GRANT AND          

  OTTERTAIL COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING.



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.



LAT...LON 4610 9622 4579 9614 4614 9579 4614 9515

          4665 9526 4657 9614





$$



DJK

