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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

810 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 805 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN 

  CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...        

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF FREEBORN   

  COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 AM   

  AS ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH    

  THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF FREEBORN COUNTY.



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

  CONGER...FREEBORN...GLENVILLE...HARTLAND AND MANCHESTER. RIVER AND 

  CREEK BASINS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED ARE THE COBB CREEK...AND THE     

  EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER. BOOT CREEK MAY ALSO BE        

  AFFECTED. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR   

  WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD WATER SPILL OVER THE BANKS.



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.



LAT...LON 4384 9367 4373 9366 4351 9362 4350 9319

      4382 9350



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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 011312

FFWMPX

MNC047-011700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

810 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 805 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN 

  CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...        

  RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF FREEBORN   

  COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 930 AM   

  AS ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH    

  THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF FREEBORN COUNTY.



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

  CONGER...FREEBORN...GLENVILLE...HARTLAND AND MANCHESTER. RIVER AND 

  CREEK BASINS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED ARE THE COBB CREEK...AND THE     

  EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER. BOOT CREEK MAY ALSO BE        

  AFFECTED. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS AND RIVERS SHOULD MONITOR   

  WATER LEVELS AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD WATER SPILL OVER THE BANKS.



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.



LAT...LON 4384 9367 4373 9366 4351 9362 4350 9319

      4382 9350



$$



BINAU

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