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WGUS53 KMPX 190351

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MNC079-103-131-143-190945-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1050 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1048 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST

  NORTH OF NEW ULM AND JUST WEST OF GAYLORD...TO LE SUEUR... 

  MONTGOMERY... FARIBAULT AND NORTHFIELD.  THE STORMS WERE REPEATEDLY

  MOVING ACROSS THIS AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY

  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS...AND 2 OR 3

  MORE INCHES MAY STILL FALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FARIBAULT...GIBBON...

  HENDERSON...LAFAYETTE...LE CENTER...LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...

  LE SUEUR AND NORTHFIELD.



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 4439 9460 4429 9431 4420 9305 4446 9307

      4453 9349 4455 9462



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