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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND

932 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  WESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  NORTHWESTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEVILS LAKE...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE MADDOCK AND MINNEWAUKAN 

  AREAS OF BENSON COUNTY AND IN THE CHURCHS FERRY AND PENN AREAS OF

  RAMSEY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL STRONG 

  THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THESE AREAS...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 

  1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...

  MADDOCK AND WEBSTER.



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 4809 9962 4838 9897 4855 9896 4854 9832

      4820 9829 4818 9841 4799 9844 4771 9895

      4760 9926 4769 9927 4786 9929 4785 9961



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