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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

700 PM 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

  BENTON COUNTY IN 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

  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 700 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING...DUE TO RUN OFF...OVER AGRICULTURAL           

  LAND...ROADS...SMALL STREAMS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS.  



* HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...OVER SATURATED     

  GROUNDS...RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM FOLEY WEST THROUGH  

  LITTLE FALLS...SAUK CENTRE...BELGRADE...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS AND    

  BENSON. 



ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA OF CONCERN... 

SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS WERE STILL ON THE RISE EARLY THIS EVENING 

ACROSS BENTON AND MORRISON COUNTIES. MANY SMALL STREAMS AND LOW 

LYING AREAS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON HAVE REACHED FLOOD CONDITIONS 

AND WATER CONDITIONS HAVE LEVELED OFF. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED. IN SOME INSTANCES...BARRICADES 

SET OUT EARLIER TODAY HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY RISING FLOOD WATERS. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR CROSS 

ROADWAYS INUNDATED WITH RUNOFF. STANDING WATER MAY COVER WASHOUTS 

ESPECIALLY AROUND CULVERTS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. AT NIGHT...THESE 

AREAS MAY BE ESPECIALLY HARD TO RECOGNIZE. 

LAT...LON 4604 9399 4567 9386 4503 9583 4587 9620

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