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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

742 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 742 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES OF WEST 

CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 



ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMER...BOYD...

  CADOTT...CHIPPEWA FALLS...COLFAX...CORNELL AND ELK MOUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS.



LAT...LON 4509 9202 4486 9191 4488 9102 4524 9110



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