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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

317 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 600 AM CDT



* AT 317 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE      

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR BENSON...DE GRAFF AND KERKHOVEN. THESE     

  STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS   

  FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR SWIFT COUNTY.



  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE     

  WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



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

  DE GRAFF...BENSON...KERKHOVEN...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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