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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

625 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS CONTINUED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 625 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY  

  RAIN ACROSS EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY FROM HOLDINGFORD TO ST. CLOUD.  

  OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY AROUND      

  SAUK CENTRE AND MELROSE.  AT 625 PM STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED

  IN HOLDINGFORD.



  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER TODAY

  IN THE SAUK CENTRE AREA TO MELROSE TO ST. ROSA TO THE              

  HOLDINGFORD AREA.  



  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE     

  WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH

  FLOODING.



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

  SPRING...FREEPORT...GREENWALD...HOLDINGFORD...MEIRE GROVE AND

  MELROSE.



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.



LAT...LON 4549 9496 4535 9426 4575 9433 4573 9493



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