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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

900 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 

TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...



A POWERFUL STORM CENTERED OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA...WILL ADVANCE 

NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY MORNING.  HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY 

DOWNPOURS...COULD CAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OVER WEST CENTRAL 

MINNESOTA INTO SATURDAY. 



THE FLOOD WATCH COVERS AN AREA ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM  

STAPLES... TO MORRIS... TO GRANITE FALLS.  AFFECTED AREAS INCLUDE 

GRANITE FALLS AND MONTEVIDEO NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER... MORRIS AND 

APPLETON NEAR THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER... AND BENSON...HAGAN AND BIG 

BEND CITY ALONG THE CHIPPEWA RIVER.



RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO TWO INCHES...COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL 

LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL OR CAUSE FLOODING IN FLOOD 

PRONED AREAS.  MANY RIVERS WERE STILL ICE COVERED IN THIS AREA...SO 

ICE JAMS COULD ADD TO THE FLOOD RISK.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF

YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP

INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR

IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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JVM 

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