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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

157 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANKATO

  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 157 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 

  OVER NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY INTO MOST OF NICOLLET COUNTY. THE  

  STORMS EXTENDED BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD ST. JAMES AND         

  SPRINGFIELD...AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA.        

  RAINFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIEST STORMS COULD APPROACH AN INCH AND   

  HALF TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN IN MANKATO...AND THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD EASILY 

  DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 7 AM. THIS WILL         

  RESULT IN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL 

  AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES. THESE RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS COULD        

  CAUSE MUDSLIDES ON STATE HIGHWAY 169 NORTH OF MANKATO...WITH       

  THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER RUNNING OVER ROADWAYS IN THE               

  HILLY TERRAIN...AS WELL AS SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERRUNNING    

  THEIR BANKS.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  NORSELAND...KLOSSNER...CREDIT RIVER...ST CLAIR...SKYLINE...NORTH

  MANKATO...NICOLLET...MADISON LAKE...LAKE CRYSTAL...EAGLE LAKE AND

  COURTLAND.



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 4445 9400 4424 9404 4424 9378 4407 9378

      4407 9436 4426 9437 4441 9456



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