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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

253 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 253 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

MOVING EASTWARD INTO HENNEPIN AND ANOKA COUNTIES. THE STORMS 

PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

PRINCETON TO 25 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

EAST AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER AREAS JUST TO THE WEST 

OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE METRO AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AND 

PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON 

ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ANDOVER...ANOKA...

  ARDEN HILLS...BLAINE...BROOKLYN PARK...COON RAPIDS AND EAGAN.



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.



LAT...LON 4521 9354 4510 9370 4495 9374 4476 9302

      4537 9304 4537 9343



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