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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

745 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.



* AT 740 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER MOST OF WALSH  

  AND PEMBINA COUNTIES...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.



* GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...MINTO...DRAYTON AND CAVALIER WILL BE        

  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF UP TO 

  2 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED SINCE 6 AM. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS

  TO THE WEST IS PROJECTED TO TRACK OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 11 AM.

  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF LOCALIZED RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR RIVERS IN PEMBINA AND

  WALSH COUNTIES SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. 



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 4897 9787 4822 9794 4821 9715 4898 9727





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