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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

825 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 825 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY. THE STORMS     

  PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTON...OR  

  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR       

  INDICATED THAT 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST  

  3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST   

  AT 15 MPH.



* EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER         

  THE WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BRICELYN...FROST...  

  KIESTER...MINNESOTA LAKE...WALTERS...WELLS AND BARODA. RESIDENTS   

  LIVING NEAR THE MAPLE RIVER WILL NEED TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND  

  TAKE EVASIVE ACTION IF FLOODING BEGINS.



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 4385 9366 4385 9401 4351 9397 4352 9365



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