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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 190752

FFWMPX

MNC043-047-191345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

248 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 248 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR WELLS AND HARTLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

  SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY 3 TO 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN THE LAST 24 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES 

  WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS REMAIN HIGH...1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...AND 

  THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...GENEVA...GLENVILLE AND MINNESOTA LAKE.



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.



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 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422



$$



DWE

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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 190752

FFWMPX

MNC043-047-191345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

248 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 248 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR WELLS AND HARTLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 

  SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY 3 TO 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN THE LAST 24 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES 

  WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS REMAIN HIGH...1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...AND 

  THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...GENEVA...GLENVILLE AND MINNESOTA LAKE.



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.



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 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422



$$



DWE

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