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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1159 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 1159 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS OVER THE WARNED

  AREA.



* EXPECT A SLOW MOVING AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER   

  INCH OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD     

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH LOW     

  LYING AREAS BECOMING INUNDATED WITH DEEP WATER. THESE DANGERS      

  ARE ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALMENA...BARRON...   

  BOYCEVILLE...CAMERON...CHETEK...COLFAX...PRAIRIE                   

  FARM...RIDGELAND...RICE LAKE...HILLSDALE...WHEELER.



IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY

RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER

IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4469 9211 4469 9167 4518 9167 4522 9156

      4563 9156 4562 9215



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