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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1225 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1225 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN...UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS...ACROSS THE NORTHERN    

  PART OF THE COUNTY.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN...

  NEAR BENSON...CLONTARF AND DE GRAF. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY       

  STATIONARY.



  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE     

  WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BENSON...CLONTARF...

  DANVERS...DE GRAFF...MURDOCK AND BIG BEND CITY.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4517 9596 4515 9526 4540 9526 4539 9580



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