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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

235 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  SOUTHERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

  MILES NORTHEAST OF FOXHOME TO 3 MILES NORTH OF STILES...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS TO 24 MILES      

  SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN        

  CONTINUED TO PASS OVER THE SAME AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS     

  WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.          

  DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES       

  OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM SOUTH OF MOORETON TO FOXHOLM. AN     

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 6     

  AM.  



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

  LIDGERWOOD AND HANKINSON.



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 4646 9628 4630 9726 4598 9719 4607 9628



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