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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS

608 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...



  KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* AT 605 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG A LINE

  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENNEDY TO 10 MILES WEST OF

  HUMBOLDT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF

  GRAFTON TO 33 MILES NORTH OF GRAFTON. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED

  BY RADAR.



* HALLOCK...LAKE BRONSON...KENNEDY...HALMA AND DONALDSON WILL BE   

AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 INCHES OVER 

THE PAST HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATED TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS UP TO  

4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER ISOLATED PORTIONS OF KITTSON COUNTY THIS 

AFTERNOON. RAPID RISES ON ALL BRANCHES OF THE TWO RIVERS RIVER ARE 

POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.



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 4899 9722 4856 9700 4859 9649 4899 9651





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