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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

945 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  EXTREME NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 945 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD

  FLOODING OF ROADS...AGRICULTURAL LAND...DITCHES...LOW AREAS...AND 

  BASEMENTS.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

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

  ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS

  WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY EVENING.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED.

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