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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

530 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 530 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 90       

  BETWEEN ALBERT LEA AND FAIRMONT. 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN RECORED 

  SINCE MIDNIGHT FROM A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OBSERVING       

  SITE ALONG INTERSTATE 90 NEAR BLUE EARTH. THESE STORMS WERE        

  NEARLY STATIONARY.



  EXPECT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN

  THE WARNED AREA.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...

  BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CLARKS GROVE AND CONGER.



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 4351 9484 4352 9310 4383 9309 4382 9483



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