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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 300341

FFWMPX

MNC023-127-129-173-300930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1026 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER WESTERN REDWOOD...SOUTHEAST YELLOW         

  MEDICINE...WESTERN RENVILLE...AND WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. MORE  

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST      

  MINNESOTA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HEAVY   

  RAINS LAST NIGHT SATURATED THE GROUND...AND MUCH OF THIS CURRENT   

  RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS...CAUSING    

  RAPID RISES IN FAST RESPONSE CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOCALIZED         

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 4 OR 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM.



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4483 9464 4458 9480 4433 9500 4429 9551

          4514 9568 4513 9529 4486 9524 4485 9495



$$



BINAU

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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 300341

FFWMPX

MNC023-127-129-173-300930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1026 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER WESTERN REDWOOD...SOUTHEAST YELLOW         

  MEDICINE...WESTERN RENVILLE...AND WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. MORE  

  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST      

  MINNESOTA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HEAVY   

  RAINS LAST NIGHT SATURATED THE GROUND...AND MUCH OF THIS CURRENT   

  RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS...CAUSING    

  RAPID RISES IN FAST RESPONSE CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOCALIZED         

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 4 OR 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM.



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

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4483 9464 4458 9480 4433 9500 4429 9551

          4514 9568 4513 9529 4486 9524 4485 9495



$$



BINAU

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