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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1234 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 1130 PM. LAW              

  ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON INTERSTATE  

  35 IN STEELE COUNTY.  



  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE     

  WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL       

  FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GOOD THUNDER...

  JANESVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL...MAPLETON...NEW RICHLAND...OWATONNA AND

  PEMBERTON.



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.



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 4390 9431 4387 9308 4412 9308 4412 9433



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