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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
917 AM CDT WED SEP 18 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.
* AT 917 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WALHALLA, OLGA, CONCRETE AND VANG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE - TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. DON'T TRAVEL THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4884 9837 4900 9831 4900 9795 4900 9791
4878 9782 4873 9791 4868 9821
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
CJ
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