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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

619 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 619 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF

  MANKATO.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. EXPECT ADDTIONAL

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE    

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  IN ONE HOUR SINCE ABOUT 515 PM.  



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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.



LAT...LON 4385 9429 4385 9378 4397 9378 4397 9428



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