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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

309 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 309 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT     

  NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER    

  THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP      

  AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MILAN...WATSON AND

  GLUEK.



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 4498 9580 4496 9527 4515 9526 4512 9600



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