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MNC023-073-173-130330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

731 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 731 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        

  HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED    

  AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES          

  SOUTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WERE 

  ESTIMATED BY RADAR AT ONE AND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL        

  ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY 9 PM.  



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BOYD...CANBY...CLARA

  CITY...CLARKFIELD...DAWSON...GRANITE FALLS AND HANLEY FALLS.



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 4464 9642 4464 9549 4489 9551 4490 9527

      4515 9526 4514 9628



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