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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

623 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCANNA TO NEAR THOMPSON...OR ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS TO 32 MILES WEST OF   

  GRAND FORKS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY      

  STATIONARY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE THOMPSON...NORTHWOOD...

  LARIMORE AND ORR.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. ONE OR TWO FEET OF WATER WILL

FLOAT MOST CARS DOWNSTREAM.



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

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



LAT...LON 4771 9785 4770 9701 4817 9717 4817 9785



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