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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

607 PM CDT WED AUG 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND   

  WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* AT 604 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER 

  RICHLAND AND WILKIN COUNTIES.



* LATEST DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF  

  RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN OVER THE CITIES OF WAHPETON...BRECKENRIDGE    

  AND LAWNDALE DURING THE PAST HOUR RESULTING IN STREET AND         

  OVERLAND FLOODING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE  

  AREA AND WILL ONLY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE 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.



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