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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

1014 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND

  ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 1001 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN     

  ROSEAU AND MUCH OF LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES. FLOODING HAS BEEN 

  REPORTED WITH THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVED ACROSS

  KITTSON AND PEMBINA COUNTIES EARLIER IN THE EVENING.



* PENCER...OAKS CORNER...SALOL AND FAUNCE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE 

  HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 

  POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE SWIFT...HAYES LAKE STATE PARK...FAUNCE 

  AND CARP AREAS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG 

  PORTIONS OF THE ROSEAU AND WARROAD RIVERS AS WELL AS DITCHES AND 

  CULVERTS.



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.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER FOR NELSON AND PEMBINA 

COUNTIES OF NORTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS KITTSON COUNTY MINNESOTA HAVE 

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1015 PM. RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN 

THE KITTSON AND PEMBINA COUNTY AREAS WITH SOME PONDING POSSIBLE.



LAT...LON 4900 9637 4857 9638 4857 9518 4839 9520

          4838 9444 4912 9482 4900 9515 &



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