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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1250 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1250 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OWATONNA TO

  4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST 

  OVER THE SAME AREAS OF THE THREE COUNTIES. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR 

  INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS

  FROM NEAR WALDORF TO OWATONNA. EXPECT AN ADDTIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

  THROUGH 5 AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...

  EAGLE LAKE...JANESVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL...MAPLETON...MEDFORD AND

  OWATONNA.



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 4420 9307 4419 9375 4424 9401 4416 9400

      4414 9408 4423 9437 4394 9437 4385 9305



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