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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1145 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1145 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN

  OVER NORTHWEST RENVILLE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST RENVILLE COUNTY 

  THIS EVENING. 



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS  

  WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OVER RENVILLE COUNTY THROUGH 

  THE NIGHT. THIS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE WATER PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM   

  THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST  

  PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE NIGHT MAY VERY 

  WELL END UP FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST       

  PORTIONS OF RENVILLE 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 4486 9481 4460 9474 4470 9508 4487 9528



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