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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

1006 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* AT 959 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CAVALIER AND 

  PEMBINA COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAD RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN FALLS THIS 

  EVENING.



* LANGDON...PEMBINA...WALHALLA...CAVALIER AND CLYDE WILL BE AFFECTED 

  BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 

  HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

  SUNDAY. RESIDENTS ALONG THE TONGUE AND PEMBINA RIVERS...THEIR 

  TRIBUTARIES AND DRAINAGE BASINS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE LIKELIHOOD 

  OF FLOODING. RURAL AND SUBURBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL LIKELY BE 

  STRESSED TO OVERFLOWING.



ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY FLOOD. CAMPERS AND 

OTHER OUTDOOR RECREATORS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.



THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE EARLIER WARNING FOR NORTHERN CAVALIER 

COUNTY AND UPGRADES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT FOR PEMBINA 

COUNTY TO A WARNING.



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 4899 9897 4856 9895 4856 9717 4868 9712

          4899 9726



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