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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 803 AM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.   
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR BELLE PLAIN TO MAPLETON. THEY 
  WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS OF 61 MPH WERE REPORTED AT      
  MANKATO.
* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  PRIOR LAKE...
  KILKENNY...
  SAVAGE...
  BLOOMINGTON...
  CREDIT RIVER...
  LONSDALE...
  BURNSVILLE...
  NEW MARKET...
  WEBSTER...
  ELKO...
  WASECA...
  MORRISTOWN...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4452 9305 4421 9307 4386 9306 4387 9353
      4419 9352 4424 9361 4437 9358 4488 9350
      4474 9289
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 285DEG 39KT 4442 9359
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