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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

616 PM CDT WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  EASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  NORTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT.



* AT 614 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE

  NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY AND WESTERN KITTSON

  COUNTIES.



* PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...JOLIETTE...HAMILTON AND GLASSTON WILL BE   

  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE GLASSTON...JOLIETTE 

  AND HUMBOLDT AREAS SINCE 330 PM. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

  WERE MOVING ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS FROM THE SOUTHWEST.



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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