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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

653 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 653 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 4 MILES SOUTH OF FARIBAULT. THESE STORMS WERE   

  MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DUNDAS...ELLENDALE...

  LONSDALE...MEDFORD...NORTHFIELD...OWATONNA AND BIXBY.



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 4386 9339 4387 9307 4446 9307 4449 9350

      4421 9340



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