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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

1258 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHERN AITKIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  NORTHWEST ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SOUTHERN ITASCA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



*  AT 1258 AM THE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA WITH THUNDERSTORMS          

   PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. SPOTTERS ACROSS DEER RIVER AND 

BOVEY REPORTED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN 

HOUR.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



.END



LAT...LON 4739 9307 4682 9307 4677 9304 4663 9314

          4663 9373 4682 9378 4684 9431 4728 9442

          4734 9385 4743 9362 4746 9310



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