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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

718 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING.



* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

  MILES NORTHEAST OF HUMBOLDT TO 6 MILES WEST OF HALLOCK...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 42 MILES NORTH OF GRAFTON TO 28 MILES NORTHEAST

  OF GRAFTON. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING 

  TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR...AND MORE

  RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL ON THE SAME AREA DURING THIS EVENING.

 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HALLOCK...ORLEANS...NORTHCOTE

  AND HUMBOLDT.



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 4899 9717 4871 9709 4865 9694 4898 9692



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