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FFWFAR

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1117 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 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 500 AM CDT



* AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING THROUGH CENTRAL GRAND   

  FORKS AND WESTCENTRAL POLK COUNTIES.



* RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE

  STORMS. SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...AND

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY...CAUSING RAPID

  STREET...BASEMENT...UNDERPASS...AND OVERLAND FLOODING.



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF 

LARIMORE...EMERADO...GRAND FORKS...EAST GRAND FORKS...AND MALLORY.



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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