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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

723 PM CDT SAT AUG 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 723 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

  AREA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE      

  UPSTREAM OVER THE REDWOOD FALLS...GLENCOE...OLIVIA AREAS MOVING TO 

  THE EAST.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS        

  OCCURRED SINCE LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES.            

  ROSEMOUNT OFFICIALS REPORTED 6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER ON HIGHWAY  

  3 AND 43.  



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



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.



LAT...LON 4479 9376 4461 9370 4461 9288 4476 9305

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