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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

1008 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  EASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY AND NORTHWEST TRAILL IN NORTHEAST NORTH 

  DAKOTA AND WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1002 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE        

  EXTENDING FROM HATTON TO THOMPSON TO GRAND FORKS TO TABOR.

  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



* SPOTTERS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED 1.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOUTH GRAND 

FORKS COUNTY...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 1.50 INCHES IN 

NORTHWEST TRAILL AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS TODAY...AND 

PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. THERE MAY BE A FEW 

BREAKS IN THE PRECIPITATION TODAY...BUT EXPECT HEAVY RAIN DURING 

TIMES OF PRECIPITATION. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN 

THE WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.



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 4804 9686 4750 9759 4772 9724 4827 9650





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