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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

702 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 702 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER INVER GROVE HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES     

  SOUTH OF ST PAUL. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 1       

  INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR OVER THE WARNED  

  AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



  MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PASS OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH 9 PM.  



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AFTON...BAYPORT...

  COTTAGE GROVE...NEWPORT...SOUTH ST PAUL...ST PAUL PARK AND

  STILLWATER.



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 4491 9312 4475 9305 4480 9279 4516 9278

      4504 9290 4492 9294



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