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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1104 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

  INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER

  NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY WEDNESDAY EVENING. DUE TO THE RANFALL THAT

  SATURATED SOILS IN THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN INCREASED RUNOFF. THE AREA WITH            

  THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS FROM JUST EAST OF MANVEL TO TABOR. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TABOR...SHERACK...KEY WEST

  AND EUCLID.



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 4816 9709 4789 9698 4795 9651 4816 9653



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