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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

720 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 713 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL STORMS HAD

  ALREADY MOVED ACROSS THE MANKATO AREA...AND MORE STORMS WILL

  CONTINUE UNTIL 10 OR 11 PM.  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE

  AS THE INCOMING STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND THE WATERS

  MAY NOT GO DOWN UNTIL 115 AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MANKATO... 

  NORTH MANKATO... ST PETER... AMBOY... CLEVELAND... EAGLE 

  LAKE... GOOD THUNDER...KASOTA...LAKE CRYSTAL AND LE CENTER.



WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES AROUND THE HILLS OF MANKATO AND

NORTH MANKATO.  ALSO WATCH OUT FOR HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADS.



AS NIGHT FALLS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS...AS 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 4388 9436 4387 9382 4450 9368 4443 9432



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