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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

1030 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF MAPES TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  HAMAR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE

  TO 33 MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT

  15 MPH.



* LAKOTA...MCVILLE...HAMAR...MAPES AND MICHIGAN WILL BE AFFECTED BY  

THE HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS RAINFALL WILL 

MOVE INTO NELSON COUNTY AS THUNDERSTORM MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA 

TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED 

TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.



RURAL ROADS MAY ALSO BECOME WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE...USE CAUTION 

IF TRAVELING TODAY.



EXPECT RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA AS WELL. 

KEEP YOUR DOWNSPOUTS POINTED AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE...AND BE SURE TO 

KEEP GUTTERS CLEAN FROM DEBRIS.



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.



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DJK

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