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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

916 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 1115 PM CDT



* AT 916 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS  

  CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS   

  PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF             

  MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO. THESE STORMS WERE   

  MOVING SLOWLY EAST. REPORTS OF AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF         

  RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MAPLETON. 

  EXPECT ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE             

  MORE RAINFALL ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. BE AWARE OF QUICK   

  RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS OR RIVERS...INCLUDING THE COBB RIVER.



* 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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