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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

521 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001



...SPOTTY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM

FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING

ALEXANDRIA..GLENWOOD..STAPLES..AND BENSON.



WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAINS HAD MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT

5AM. HOWEVER...A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH FROM THE MONTEVIDEO AND

BENSON AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD  DROP ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH

OF RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THROUGH 7 AM.



THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL PONDING OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IS

LIKELY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS OR

UNDERPASSES.



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JPR

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