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MNC067-261300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

450 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 450 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        

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

  THE  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY...NEAR   

  SVEA...RAYMOND AND WILLMAR. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN          

  KANDIYOHI COUNTY. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD    

  WARNING ISSUED FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY.



  EXPECT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN

  THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ATWATER...BLOMKEST...

  KANDIYOHI...LAKE LILLIAN...NEW LONDON...WILLMAR...PENNOCK AND      

  PRINSBURG.



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.



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 4490 9523 4491 9478 4540 9478 4540 9525



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