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WGUS53 KMPX 240255

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MNC173-240845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

946 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER  

  THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE         

  RAINFALL. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 PM THIS EVENING OVER THE WARNING AREA.     

  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY 1 AM ARE FORECAST TO REACH 5 TO 8 INCHES    

  AT SOME LOCATIONS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANBY...CLARKFIELD...

  HANLEY FALLS...HAZEL RUN...ST LEO AND PORTER.



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 4479 9642 4466 9641 4465 9558 4456 9555

      4457 9539 4469 9541 4491 9570 4480 9582



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000 

WGUS53 KMPX 240255

FFWMPX

MNC173-240845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

946 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER  

  THE WARNED AREA LATE THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE         

  RAINFALL. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 7 PM THIS EVENING OVER THE WARNING AREA.     

  TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY 1 AM ARE FORECAST TO REACH 5 TO 8 INCHES    

  AT SOME LOCATIONS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANBY...CLARKFIELD...

  HANLEY FALLS...HAZEL RUN...ST LEO AND PORTER.



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 4479 9642 4466 9641 4465 9558 4456 9555

      4457 9539 4469 9541 4491 9570 4480 9582



$$

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