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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

147 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  NORMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT



* AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6

  MILES WEST OF FLAMING TO 7 MILES WEST OF DAVENPORT...OR ALONG A

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 43 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO TO 23 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF FARGO. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE      

  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND    

  PERSISTENT STORMS MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WILL RESULT   

  IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE

  MAPLETON...HARWOOD...ADA...WEST FARGO...FARGO AND MOORHEAD.



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 4748 9647 4666 9740 4666 9710 4748 9620



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