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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

553 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 549 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLABON TO 4 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF SIBLEY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES NORTH

  OF VALLEY CITY TO 17 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY. THE STORMS     

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SIBLEY...SHERBROOKE...LUVERNE

  AND HOPE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



LAT...LON 4747 9789 4725 9794 4711 9819 4712 9788

      4747 9759



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