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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

300 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 300 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE

  OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...

  ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE CROW RIVER...NEAR PADUA.  ANOTHER ROUND 

  OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 6 AM...PRODUCING 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBANY...AVON...

  BROOTEN...PADUA...COLD SPRING...ELROSA...FREEPORT AND GREENWALD.



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 4543 9513 4542 9476 4534 9473 4530 9426

      4553 9427 4576 9429 4576 9511



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