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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

355 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 350 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY        

  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAU     

  CLAIRE COUNTY...WILL MOVE EAST OF THE COUNTY BY 5                  

  PM...HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LINING UP TO THE            

  SOUTHWEST...AND WILL MOVE OVER EAU CLAIRE COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY 

  EVENING HOURS.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF RAINFALL RATES OF MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES PER 

  HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN EAU CLAIRE IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS HEAVY 

  RAIN...IN ADDITION TO TOTAL RAINFALL APPROACHING 4 INCHES WILL     

  CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND URBAN FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF EAU CLAIRE.   

  SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WILL ALSO FLOOD.



LAT...LON 4483 9097 4445 9098 4446 9152 4485 9151



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