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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

544 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LANGDON...

  TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  OSNABROCK...OR 14 MILES EAST OF LANGDON. THE STORM PRODUCING       

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BANDS OF    

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA THIS EVENING     

  WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES   

  PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE      

  EVENING HOURS. DUE TO NEARLY SATURATED SOILS...HEAVY RAIN WILL     

  QUICKLY RUNOFF AND RAISE RIVER LEVELS RAPIDLY.   



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LANGDON...CANDO...WALES AND

  VANG.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 4884 9954 4901 9955 4901 9795 4855 9794

      4855 9897 4839 9899 4839 9951 4871 9951

      4873 9954 4881 9955



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