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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

943 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND

  SOUTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT.



* AT 941 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED       

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND 

  EASTERN OTTER TAIL INTO SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTIES...OR FROM NEAR    

  DALTON TO BATTLE LAKE TO NEW YORK MILLS TO WADENA.  MOVEMENT OF    

  THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.  



* BATTLE LAKE...VERNDALE...WADENA...NEW YORK MILLS AND HENNING       

  WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF            

  3.42 INCHES HAS BEEN MEASURED AT NEW YORK MILLS BY SPOTTERS.  

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. 

  LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD

  USE EXTREME CAUTION.



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 4630 9587 4612 9567 4645 9487 4663 9515





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