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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

708 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS THE 

  CAVALIER...SAINT THOMAS...HALLOCK...LANCASTER...KENNEDY AND        

  DRAYTON AREAS.



* KARLSTAD...PEMBINA...HALLOCK...CAVALIER AND CRYSTAL WILL BE        

  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 

  3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS LATE THIS          

  AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINS ANTICIPATED DURING THE   

  EVENING LEADING TO FLOODING. RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING                

  AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TOUNGE AND TWO RIVERS RIVER AREAS     

  SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING.



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 4856 9790 4857 9640 4898 9642 4898 9747





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