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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

855 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 854 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY      

  RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER     

  EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ABOUT TO ENTER THE AREA.



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF LAC QUI PARLE AND 

  NORTHERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS  

  LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AFTER THAT.



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. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVERTS.



LAT...LON 4501 9593 4465 9582 4465 9636 4503 9636



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