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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

550 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY 



* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13

  MILES WEST OF ARGYLE TO 2 MILES NORTH OF NEWFOLDEN TO 11 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF GATZKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF GRAFTON TO 20 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS TO 28

  MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY 

  HEAVY RAIN WERE WERE TRAINING OVER THE SAME LOCATION. ESTIMATED    

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE AREA RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE   

  PAST THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES     

  ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE STEPHEN...ARGYLE...  

STRANDQUIST...MIDDLE RIVER...NEWFOLDEN AND RADIUM.



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 4851 9708 4820 9708 4823 9565 4850 9564

      4848 9632



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