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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

923 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 923 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  FLOODING IN BENTON AND MILE LACS COUNTY. STREET AND                

  BASEMENT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FOLEY AND MILACA.   

   

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

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



2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST 

CLOUD AND MILACA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



LAT...LON 4599 9363 4443 9499 4445 9532 4594 9449

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