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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

603 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* AT 554 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE 

  SABIN...KINDRED AND ABERCROMBIE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

  REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH 

  THIS EVENING.



* GLYNDON...DILWORTH...HORACE...KINDRED...FARGO AND MOORHEAD WILL BE 

  AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DROPPED 2 

  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES

  MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST OF THE WARNING AREA THAT 

  WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. WITH SOILS NOW SATURATED AND DRAINAGE 

  SYSTEMS FULL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING.



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 4668 9725 4634 9722 4668 9652 4701 9652





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