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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

847 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN PUSHING THROUGH GRAND FORKS     

  COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN POLK COUNTY.



* RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE          

  FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES...AND BASEMENTS. SOME            

  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE LARIMORE...GRAND FORKS...EAST   

  GRAND FORKS...EUCLID...AND CROOKSTON.



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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