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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

506 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TRAVERSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* AT 504 PM CDT(404 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE        

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN ACROSS SECTIONS OF TRAVERSE COUNTY ALREADY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE        

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE 

  FLOODING INCLUDE...WHEATON AND DAKOMIN.



STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. WITH MUCH OF THE GROUND ALREADY 

SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD POSE PROBLEMS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



LAT...LON 4601 9628 4559 9629 4560 9680 4578 9658

      4601 9656



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