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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

554 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 554 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        

  HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE      

  STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARDEN 

  HILLS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. RADAR ESTIMATES    

  AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED  

  UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF HENNEPIN AND  

  ANOKA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND   

  WILL MOVE INTO RAMSEY COUNTY BY 630 AM. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ST PAUL...FALCON     

  HEIGHTS...  LITTLE CANADA...MAPLEWOOD...NORTH OAKS...NORTH 

  ST PAUL...ROSEVILLE AND SHOREVIEW.



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.



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 4495 9321 4495 9299 4512 9299 4512 9320



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