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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1130 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1130 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED TO WEST AND     

  SOUTHWEST OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. 



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 2.5   

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN MEEKER        

  COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY WILL QUICKLY 

  ADD TO THESE TOTALS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NIGHT      

  COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN MEEKER   

  COUNTY.



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 4511 9470 4498 9452 4502 9443 4523 9427

          4527 9470



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