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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

955 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...THIS INCLUDES THE      

  CITY OF WAHPETON...

  WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THIS INCLUDES THE

  CITY OF BRECKENRIDGE...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT TUESDAY



* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR

  WALCOTT TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. THE WESTERN EDGE       

  OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS ALONG A LINE FROM COLFAX TO MOORETON.      

  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALONG              

  WITH RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES IN AND AROUND THE 

  WAHPETON BRECKENRIDGE AREA. LOCAL RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE 

  FLOODING CONCERNS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...EVEN THOUGH 

  THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END.   



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAHPETON...BRECKENRIDGE...

  MCCAULEYVILLE AND KENT.



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 4653 9645 4613 9641 4609 9697 4653 9704



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