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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

717 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

  

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FROM LEONARD TO CASSELTON TO HUNTER. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR

  REPORTED WATER ACROSS A ROAD 1 MILE WEST OF CASSELTON AT 658 PM

  CDT.



* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO     

  INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF CASS COUNTY THIS EVENING.       

  AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR                             

  STREET...BASEMENT...AND OVERLAND FLOODING THROUGH THE EVENING      

  HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE FARGO METRO AREA BY 800    

  PM. SOME ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE 

  CHAFFEE...CASSELTON...AMENIA...AND ARGUSVILLE.



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

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

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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