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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

605 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GRAFTON...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN...OR

  35 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY       

  RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE    

  EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT   

  HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE      

  WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS OVER. DUE TO NEARLY          

  SATURATED SOILS...HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF AND RAISE RIVER   

  LEVELS RAPIDLY.    



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...MINTO

  AND LAKOTA.



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 4817 9841 4820 9828 4854 9831 4853 9716

      4820 9716 4820 9791 4797 9792 4798 9843



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