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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

605 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT



* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN PUSHING INTO

  ROSEAU...EASTERN MARSHALL...LAKE OF THE WOODS...AND NORTHERN

  BELTRAMI COUNTIES.



* RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED TWO OR MORE         

  INCHES OF RAINFALL THUS FAR TODAY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO    

  TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND SATURATED      

  SOILS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE  

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ROSEAU...MIDDLE RIVER...BAUDETTE...AND     

  FOURTOWN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING 

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE. PLEASE 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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