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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

823 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.



* AT 821 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT

  30 MPH.



* FORMAN...CAYUGA AND GENESEO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM NEAR CRETE

  AND STIRUM TO JUST WEST OF FORMAN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS

  EXPECTED FROM FORMAN TO RUTLAND AND CAYUGA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE

  HOURS. 



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 4614 9762 4600 9758 4606 9727 4625 9735



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