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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1055 AM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF GREENVIEW...OR

  ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS. THE STORM PRODUCING       

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...    

  NORTHWOOD...LARIMORE...CROOKSTON AND BELTRAMI.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY WERE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 

3.25 INCHES THIS MORNING. 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 MORNING RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY 

PRODUCE RUNOFF. 



RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE SAND HILL RIVER 

BETWEEN BELTRAMI AND CLIMAX AS RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 

TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN INDICATED IN THIS AREA. 



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 4754 9679 4753 9562 4772 9566 4776 9648

      4815 9655 4817 9787 4772 9785 4771 9697

      4766 9685



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