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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

954 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  SOUTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  

  HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND

  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* AT 944 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE...MOVEMENT WAS TO

  THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.



* BEMIDJI...DETROIT LAKES...OGEMA...OSAGE...FELTON AND PARK RAPIDS 

  WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

  INCHES PER HOUR WILL FALL WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. RAPID 

  RUNOFF DUE TO SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR IN A 

  SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE 

  ACROSS THESE AREAS WHICH WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE DEVELOPING 

  FLOODING 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 4713 9678 4676 9671 4677 9522 4684 9520

          4684 9468 4743 9468 4742 9439 4779 9444

          4780 9519 4712 9517





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