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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

812 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 812 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMBOY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES

  SOUTH OF MANKATO.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS      

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. THE GROUND HAS      

  ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED            

  AREA...AND   ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



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



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. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING

WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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



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