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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

132 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 132 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY        

  THUNDERSTORM OVER FAR SOUTHEAST MEEKER AND NORTHERN MCLEOD         

  COUNTIES...BETWEEN DASSEL AND HUTCHINSON.



ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DASSEL...            

  HUTCHINSON...AND SILVER LAKE.



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 9445 4490 9426 4507 9426 4507 9445



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