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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

935 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF EDDY COUNTY...

  PUSHING GRADUALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS         

  CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WESTWARD.



* RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN EDDY    

  COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO   

  DEVELOP AND PUSH INTO THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER  

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL   

  EDDY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY...CREATING   

  THE POSSIBILITY OF STREET...BASEMENT...AND OVERLAND FLOODING. SOME 

  CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE SHEYENNE AND NEW    

  ROCKFORD.



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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