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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

842 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 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 1145 PM CDT



* AT 842 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING     

  HEAVY RAIN ENTERING FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES FROM NORTHERN  

  IOWA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN         

  DETECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST   

  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...HOWEVER WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP BACK TO   

  THE WEST LEADING TO THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS.    

  THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE    

  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND LIKELY CAUSE     

  FLASH FLOODING.



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

  BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...GENEVA...GLENVILLE...WELLS...AND       

  INTERSTATES 35 AND 90 WITHIN THE WARNED COUNTIES. WATERSHED BASINS 

  IMPACTED INCLUDE DEER CREEK...BRUSH CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK.



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.



BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADWAYS AT NIGHT. 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 9419 4350 9305 4385 9305 4380 9365

      4373 9398 4363 9416



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