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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
207 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 206 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...DAWSON...CLARA CITY...
  RENVILLE...HECTOR...BIRD ISLAND...CLARKFIELD...BUFFALO LAKE...
  SACRED HEART AND MILAN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4515 9604 4506 9540 4491 9524 4489 9525
      4485 9454 4471 9463 4459 9468 4463 9520
      4467 9525 4466 9529 4470 9535 4465 9536
      4471 9613

$$

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