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WGUS53 KMPX 190807

FFWMPX

MNC165-191400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

304 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 304 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER GROGAN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

  ST JAMES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL 

  RATES REMAIN HIGH...1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IN THE LINE OF STORMS. 

  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED 

  GROUND CAUSED BY THE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...

  OVER THE LAST 18 HOURS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUTTERFIELD...MADELIA

  AND ST JAMES.



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 4410 9484 4385 9480 4386 9438 4411 9439



$$



DWE

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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 190807

FFWMPX

MNC165-191400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

304 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 304 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER GROGAN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF 

  ST JAMES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST. RAINFALL 

  RATES REMAIN HIGH...1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...IN THE LINE OF STORMS. 

  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RAPIDLY RUNOFF...BECAUSE OF THE SATURATED 

  GROUND CAUSED BY THE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...

  OVER THE LAST 18 HOURS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUTTERFIELD...MADELIA

  AND ST JAMES.



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 4410 9484 4385 9480 4386 9438 4411 9439



$$



DWE

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