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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1038 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 1027 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH THROUGH  

  WILKIN COUNTY. AN OBSERVER FROM 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TENNEY REPORTS 

  3.4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RADAR IS SHOWING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

  HAS OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY. AN

  ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY

  AFTERNOON. 



* MANY DITCHES ARE REPORTED FULL AND OVER FLOWING. THE RABBIT

  RIVER HAS RISEN ONE HALF FOOT IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...AND WILL    

  CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY. OTHER SMALL STREAMS WILL SHOW SIMILAR

  RISES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TENNEY...LAWNDALE...EVERDELL

  AND DORAN.



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 4662 9633 4661 9662 4661 9675 4643 9669

      4634 9658 4610 9654 4603 9656 4603 9635



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