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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1212 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1207 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF   

  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPAN WILL       

  CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE  

  AFTERNOON.  RECENT RAINS FROM LAST NIGHT AND POTENTIAL RAINFALL    

  EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SOME PONDING OF     

  WATER OVER ROADWAYS. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME  

  MODERATE RISES ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. PEOPLE WITH         

  INTERESTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOWLYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO          

  HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



* MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN     

  DEPTH.



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