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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS

439 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  EASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND           

  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS

  EASTERN GRAND FORKS AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES AT 40 MPH. AS 

  THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS THROUGH 630

  PM CDT...RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE.



* GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...EAST GRAND FORKS...TABOR AND KEY WEST WILL

  BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 INCHES HAVE 

  ALREADY FALLEN IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EASTERN GRAND FORKS AND 

  WESTERN POLK COUNTIES FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ANY 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF...PRODUCING FLOODING OF 

  STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...UNDERPASSES...AND BASEMENTS.



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 4801 9730 4772 9716 4782 9673 4817 9692





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