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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

649 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 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

  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 649 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES SOUTH OF MATAWAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY

  1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED     

  AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



  THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS FROM FAIRMONT TO        

  WELLS. 



  THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



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

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



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 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312



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