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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

607 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 607 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MYRTLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES

  SOUTHWEST OF AUSTIN. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY    

  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS...OVER         

  THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES. PARTS OF 

  THE AREA MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES          

  AS STORMS MOVE NORTH FROM IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST 

  AT 5 TO 10 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...

  BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CLARKS GROVE...CONGER AND DELAVAN.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4345 9310 4378 9309 4378 9422 4355 9418



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