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WGUS53 KMPX 020456

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MNC043-047-091-020715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1154 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1154 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY       

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. OTHER STORMS IN NORTHERN IOWA 

  WERE SLOWLY LIFTING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND COULD PRODUCE 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL        

  FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS     

  EVENING INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. 



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

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...FAIRMONT 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 020456

FFWMPX

MNC043-047-091-020715-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1154 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1154 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY       

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. OTHER STORMS IN NORTHERN IOWA 

  WERE SLOWLY LIFTING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND COULD PRODUCE 

  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL        

  FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS     

  EVENING INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. 



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

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...FAIRMONT 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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