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NDC077-051015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

447 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 444 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT AREAS OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM            

  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. A LINE OF    

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN ON AN AREA EXTENDING

  FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALCHUTT TO 3 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND   

  TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF HANKINSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13  

  MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON TO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON.     

  THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25   

  MPH. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WYNDMERE...LIDGERWOOD...

  HANKINSON AND WALCOTT.



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 4661 9725 4595 9721 4595 9659 4660 9681



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