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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1128 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SOUTHERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 1119 AM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

  FALLEN IN THE WESTERN TOWNSHIP OF OTTERTAIL COUNTY...SOUTH OF

  FERGUS FALLS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE WESTERN...FERGUS FALL AND DALTON AREAS.

  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS.

  DOPPLER RADAR SHOW THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO

  THE WENDELL...NORCROSS AND ELBOW LAKE AREAS DURING THE EARLY

  AFTERNOON. RAINFALLS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY 

  AFTERNOON..



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERGUS FALLS...PARKERS

  PRAIRIE...HOFFMAN AND HENNING.



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 4578 9623 4578 9578 4612 9579 4612 9517

      4643 9518 4641 9626



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