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WGUS53 KMPX 132227

FFWMPX

MNC023-073-151-140115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

521 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE AROUND THE APPLETON...MADISON...MILAN...        

  HOLLOWAY...AND CORRELL AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY    

  LITTLE MOVEMENT.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3     

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM OVER THE WARNED. EXPECT     

  ADDTIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  IN THE WARNED AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 7 PM. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO   

  REPORTED IN APPLETON AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 119 AND 59.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLETON...MADISON

  MILAN...HOLLOWAY...CORRELL. 



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 4517 9637 4491 9611 4539 9560 4540 9605

      4518 9608



$$



BAP

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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 132227

FFWMPX

MNC023-073-151-140115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

521 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE AROUND THE APPLETON...MADISON...MILAN...        

  HOLLOWAY...AND CORRELL AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY    

  LITTLE MOVEMENT.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3     

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM OVER THE WARNED. EXPECT     

  ADDTIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  IN THE WARNED AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 7 PM. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO   

  REPORTED IN APPLETON AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 119 AND 59.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLETON...MADISON

  MILAN...HOLLOWAY...CORRELL. 



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 4517 9637 4491 9611 4539 9560 4540 9605

      4518 9608



$$



BAP

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