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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

814 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.



* AT 810 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS

THE NORTHERN PORTION OF NELSON COUNTY...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 

35 MPH.



* MCVILLE...LAKOTA...WHITMAN...PETERSBURG AND PEKIN WILL BE AFFECTED 

BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE 

OCCURRED SINCE 530 AM. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND WITH EARLIER 

RAINS...RAPID RISES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN

NELSON COUNTY. PERSONS LIVING NEAR RIVERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD 

CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION. 



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 4815 9838 4773 9847 4773 9793 4815 9794





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