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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

630 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5

  MILES EAST OF ROCKLAKE TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADDOCK...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES WEST OF LANGDON TO 36 MILES WEST OF   

  DEVILS LAKE. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY      

  STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE INDICATED WITH    

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MADDOCK...LEEDS...CANDO AND

  ROCKLAKE.



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 4897 9930 4838 9946 4808 9981 4787 9979

      4787 9941 4837 9924 4897 9901



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