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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

541 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 541 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS    

  EXTEND FROM NEAR JANESVILLE SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA...HOWEVER          

  RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS WASECA COUNTY SINCE  

  4 AM. 



  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE       

  THROUGH 630 AM.  



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ELYSIAN...

  JANESVILLE...WALDORF...WASECA AND OTISCO.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4419 9343 4420 9378 4388 9374 4386 9342



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