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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

623 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OVER RED

  LAKE AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT

  WAS OCCURING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WILL PUSH INTO EASTERN POLK

  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED UPWARDS OF ONE TO

  TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ALREADY. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO

  DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. RAPID

  RUNOFF WILL OCCUR IN PLACES WHERE SOILS HAVE ALREADY BEEN

  SATURATED. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING

  ARE THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...AND FOSSTON.



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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