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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

959 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 949 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  EXCESSIVE RAINS HAD FALLEN IN THE RUTLAND...LIDGERWOOD AND   

  HANKINSON AREAS OF SOUTHERN SARGENT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND 

  COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 700 AM THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL 

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR 

  WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THE REST OF THIS MORNING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAHPETON...LIDGERWOOD...  

  HANKINSON...FORMAN AND CAMPBELL.



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.



CAMPERS NEAR A STREAM...RIVER OR A LOW LYING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED

TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4594 9790 4603 9659 4605 9632 4635 9637

      4608 9788



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