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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

830 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING



* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF 

  EASTERN STUTSMAN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE AREA 

  FROM URBANA TO NEAR VALLEY CITY AND ON TO TOWER CITY AND EMBDEN HAS 

  ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

  MOVING INTO THE AREA...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL

  IN A FEW AREAS. ISOLATED RAINFALLS OF MORE THAN 6 INCHES ARE 

  POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SANBORN...VALLEY CITY...

  CASSELTON...WHEATLAND...CHAFEE AND TOWER CITY.



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.



LAT...LON 4666 9839 4666 9769 4667 9718 4721 9724

      4718 9841



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