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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

538 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  SOUTHERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA

  

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING   

  THROUGH WESTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN KITTSON COUNTIES.



* RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY AND 

EXTREME SOUTHERN KITTSON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE 

EASTWARD. SOILS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO RAPID 

RUNOFF OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED STREET AND OVERLAND 

FLOODING MAY RESULT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

ARE STEPHEN...ENGLUND...STRANDQUIST...DONALDSON...AND KARLSTAD.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE QUICKLY TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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