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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

755 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 750 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.  SOME STORMS HAD ALREADY

  MOVED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TWIN CITIES AREA...AND MORE

  STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE METRO

  THROUGH 10 OR 11 PM.  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM

  THE INCOMING STORMS... AND THE WATERS MAY NOT GO DOWN UNTIL A

  COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.



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

  ST PAUL... COLUMBIA HEIGHTS... ROSEVILLE... EDINA... 

  COON RAPIDS...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN CENTER...AND MAPLEWOOD.



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 4505 9371 4480 9336 4495 9305 4528 9304



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