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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

1014 PM CDT MON SEP 1 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...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY



* AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWNDALE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HANKINSON...OR

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAHPETON TO 20   

MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 





* STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA TONIGHT IN 

RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTY...AND PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 

4 INCHES IN A SHORT TIME...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. TAKE THE 

PROPER PRECAUTIONS IF YOU LIVE OR CAMP BY A DRY STREAM OR SMALL 

RIVER...AS WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY.



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

  WYNDMERE AND LIDGERWOOD.



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 4661 9631 4605 9629 4604 9658 4595 9662

      4596 9719 4661 9723



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