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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

603 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 603 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AROUND AND WEST OF

  ALBERT LEA. MORE STORMS EXTENDED WEST INTO FARIBAULT COUNTY AND

  IOWA. THEREFORE MORE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO FREEBORN COUNTY

  AND THE ALBERT LEA AREA...AS WELL AS AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF

  ALBERT LEA.  A WEATHER SPOTTER JUST WEST OF ALBERT LEA MEASURED

  NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR.  EXPECT

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



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

  CLARKS GROVE...CONGER...EMMONS...GLENVILLE AND HOLLANDALE.



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 4373 9363 4385 9303 4373 9302 4372 9303

      4351 9303 4349 9306 4349 9364



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