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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

334 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  WESTERN AND CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.



* AT 322 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

  ALICE...BUFFALO...PAGE AND EMBDEN AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 

  AT 25 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS 

  NORTHERN RANSOM COUNTY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREAS WHICH HAVE 

  RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.



* CASSELTON...EMBDEN...CHAFFEE...ALICE AND PAGE WILL BE AFFECTED BY

  THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW THAT TWO AND ONE 

  HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE BUFFALO...ALICE AND 

  EMBDEN AREAS SINCE 230 PM. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF 

  THE MAPLE RIVER AND UPPER RUSH RIVERS AND THEIR DRAINAGE BASINS.



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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