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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1046 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 1046 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS

  TO 27 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE   

  SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN   

  HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BROOKLYN PARK...

  GOLDEN VALLEY...HOPKINS...MAPLE GROVE...MINNEAPOLIS...PLYMOUTH AND

  RICHFIELD.



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.



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 4525 9351 4518 9363 4511 9372 4497 9377

      4491 9372 4489 9354 4483 9334 4486 9320

      4512 9331



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