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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

620 PM 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...



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 620 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 4 MILES NORTH OF EASTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES

  NORTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20      

  MPH.   ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN   

  WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. .



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MINNESOTA LAKE AND

  WELLS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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 4374 9404 4355 9366 4384 9366 4384 9404



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