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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

118 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 116 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

  HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED

  FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...TO FAIRFAX AND

  NEW ULM. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS.  THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

  SOME SPOTS MAY PICK UP 6 OR 7 INCHES RAIN.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FAIRFAX...MORGAN...

  REDWOOD FALLS...SLEEPY EYE...NEW ULM AND WABASSO.



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 4442 9541 4454 9538 4455 9535 4472 9532

      4471 9463 4447 9463 4445 9476 4439 9470

      4440 9468 4433 9449 4426 9442 4413 9440



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