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WGUS53 KMPX 020226

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MNC043-047-091-020515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

922 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 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 1215 AM CDT



* AT 922 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND WELLS.           

  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE FAIRMONT AREA.                

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA    

  FROM IOWA AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE   

  RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH ALBERT

  LEA AND CLARKS GROVE BY 10 PM. 



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

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE AND WINNEBAGO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 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.



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 4352 9467 4354 9331 4379 9326 4382 9467



$$



BAP

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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 020226

FFWMPX

MNC043-047-091-020515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

922 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 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 1215 AM CDT



* AT 922 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND WELLS.           

  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE FAIRMONT AREA.                

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA    

  FROM IOWA AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE   

  RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH ALBERT

  LEA AND CLARKS GROVE BY 10 PM. 



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

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE AND WINNEBAGO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 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.



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 4352 9467 4354 9331 4379 9326 4382 9467



$$



BAP

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