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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

210 AM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND

  EASTERN RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.



* AT 205 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN POLK AND EASTERN RED

  LAKE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* MENTOR...ERSKINE...MCINTOSH AND BROOKS WILL BE AFFECTED BY

  THE HEAVY RAIN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 

  ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS

  THIS AREA. WITH RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THIS

  AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF AND CAUSE

  ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.



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 4790 9625 4752 9624 4751 9563 4790 9560





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