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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1128 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND

  NORTHERN TRAILL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



* AT 1122 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANVEL TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  HOLMES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF GRAND

  FORKS TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE

  EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS

  THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT.



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

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

  2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE STORMS. 





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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING

ARE HARD TO RECOGNIZE.



CAMPERS NEAR A STREAM...RIVER OR A LOW LYING AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED

TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4818 9787 4764 9744 4752 9646 4815 9655



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