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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1124 PM CDT TUE JUL 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



* AT 1121 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS GRAND FORKS 

  COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN POLK COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS 

  GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND

  2 INCHES AN HOUR...AND LASTING FOR A HOUR OR LONGER...WILL CAUSE

  STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS 

  IN AREA DITCHES AND STREAMS.



* GRAND FORKS...THOMPSON...LARIMORE...EAST GRAND FORKS AND 

  CROOKSTON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  

  NEARLY 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN RECORDED BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM AT THE  

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS. 



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 4809 9778 4782 9764 4755 9629 4813 9661





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