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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

828 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 828 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELMWOOD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES

  EAST OF ELLSWORTH. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 1      

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

  AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER WESTERN PIERCE        

  COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO BEEN FALLING OVER MUCH OF DUNN         

  COUNTY. 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...BAY CITY...

  BOYCEVILLE...COLFAX...ELLSWORTH...KNAPP...MENOMONIE AND SPRING

  VALLEY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

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 4456 9246 4469 9209 4473 9169 4520 9175

      4517 9209 4487 9211 4484 9270



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JPR

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