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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

444 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3

  MILES NORTH OF BOWESMONT TO 3 MILES EAST OF NASH...OR ALONG A      

  LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON TO 4 MILES       

  NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE    

  MOVING INTO KITTSON COUNTY...BUT RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 3      

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 200 AM THIS MORNING.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS

  OF NORTHEASTERN WALSH AND SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTIES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4863 9744 4843 9753 4860 9721 4881 9719



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