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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

709 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 709 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* AN NWS SPOTTER REPORTS 2.7 INCHES IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF HOURS 

  ONE MILE NORTH OF MONTEVIDEO.



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 4513 9597 4485 9554 4492 9535 4516 9528

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