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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

740 AM CST SAT MAR 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CST.



* AT 738 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITMAN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF

  PEKIN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE

  TO 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.





  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NELSON COUNTY 

  IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

  WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN LIKELY. THE LAKOTA...PEKIN AND STUMP LAKE

  AREAS HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING ACCORDING TO 

  RADAR ESTIMATES.





EXPECT RAPID RISES OF WATER LEVELS ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS IN NELSON

COUNTY THIS MORNING...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATER THREATENS.





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 4817 9832 4770 9847 4770 9792 4818 9793





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