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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1044 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND  

  WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.



* AT 1041 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  MAPLETON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALMORA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM 10 MILES WEST OF FARGO TO 40 MILES EAST OF FERGUS FALLS.      

  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL   

  PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING OUT OF THE     

  AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON OF 

UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THIS INCLUDES THE 

CITY OF FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...ROTHSAY...SABIN AND PELICAN RAPIDS. 



THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND PRODUCE 

RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.



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 4685 9749 4663 9671 4619 9640 4616 9526

          4656 9530 4665 9617 4706 9633 4709 9668

          4718 9741



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