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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

830 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 828 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A          

  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARK RIVER...OR ABOUT 20 MILES   

  WEST OF GRAFTON. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING    

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...MINTO

  AND WARSAW.



A WEATHER OBSERVER IN EDINBURG REPORTED 4.4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE 

AT THAT TIME. DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM THE OVERNIGHT 

RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY PRODUCE RUNOFF. 



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 4823 9826 4821 9718 4851 9719 4852 9830



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