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NDC035-063-190315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

717 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE...MOVEMENT WAS TO

  THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* MCVILLE...LAKOTA...KLOTEN...PEKIN AND DAHLEN WILL BE AFFECTED BY   

  THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES        

  INDICATE THAT 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AROUND THE       

  MCVILLE AREA OF SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY...WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS    

  MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS      

  DEVELOPING OVER GRIGGS COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NELSON AND 

  WEST GRAND FORKS COUNTIES THIS EVENING. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG 

  THE UPPER REACHES OF THE GOOSE AND SHEYENNE RIVERS...AS WELL AS    

  FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



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 4769 9843 4769 9775 4815 9776 4817 9835





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