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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1030 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 1030 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OVER BENTON 

  COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND FOLEY AND RONNEBY. SEVERAL

  RESCUE OPERATIONS AND EVACUATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.



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

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

  THE WORST FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MORRISON

  COUNTY AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTY.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. 



LAT...LON 4569 9418 4557 9400 4598 9382 4619 9402

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