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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

556 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 556 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG                

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARTIN COUNTY...AND OVER SOUTHERN               

  FARIBAULT COUNTY. MORE STORMS WERE OVER JACKSON COUNTY...AND WILL  

  MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY ALONG INTERSTATE 

90 IN FARIBAULT AND MARTIN COUNTIES. THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING 

OF LOW LYING AREAS...AND IN URBAN AREAS. SMALL STREAMS WILL SEE 

RAPID RISES...WHICH WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED.



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.



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