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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

720 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  NORTHERN CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* AT 715 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

  SARLES...HANNAH...WALES AND MOUNT CARMEL AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATES SHOW THAT RAINFALLS OF ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES IN 

  AN HOUR ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.



* SARLES...CALVIN...OLGA...VANG AND MOUNT CARMEL WILL BE AFFECTED BY 

  THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

  THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH RECENT RAINFALLS THE GROUND IS 

  SATURATED AND FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.



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 4900 9901 4878 9900 4878 9795 4900 9796



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