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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

726 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 726 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER THE EAST AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF THE TWIN    

  CITIES. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF  RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE        

  STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE

  WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MINNEAPOLIS...ST     

  PAUL...ANOKA...APPLE VALLEY...ARLINGTON...BELLE                    

  PLAINE...WACONIA...HUTCHINSON...AND HUGO.



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.



LAT...LON 4450 9442 4459 9341 4481 9283 4504 9286

      4519 9286 4536 9309 4533 9339 4513 9358

      4503 9372 4489 9414



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JPR

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