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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

637 PM CDT TUE JUL 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAUDETTE

  TO 25 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.



* DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF AT LEAST 2 INCHES IN

  THE LAST 3 HOURS. THIS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE BATTLE

  RIVER IN BELTRAMI COUNTY AND THE BAUDETTE AND PEPPERMINT CREEK

  IN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED

IN THE AREA.



BRAMER

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