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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

719 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



...FLOOD WATERS SLOWLY SUBSIDING...



THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR A PART

OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA

SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED...BUT WATER LEVELS

REMAIN HIGH IN SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS...LOW SPOTS AND ROADSIDE

DITCHES. MANY  ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER AT APPLETON HAS BEEN RISING SINCE

YESTERDAY AND SAND BAGGING WAS BEING DONE IN TOWN. A MORE

DETAILED UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING REGARDING THE

RIVER TRENDS IN AND AROUND APPLETON.



NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD BE

AWARE THAT ROADS MAY REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FOR MUCH OF

THE DAY.



MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A

POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITAION IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND

POSSIBLY SOME SNOW...OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN

MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO

LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS EARLY IN THE WEEK.

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FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

719 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



...FLOOD WATERS SLOWLY SUBSIDING...



THE FLOOD WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR A PART

OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA

SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED...BUT WATER LEVELS

REMAIN HIGH IN SMALL RIVERS...STREAMS...LOW SPOTS AND ROADSIDE

DITCHES. MANY  ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER AT APPLETON HAS BEEN RISING SINCE

YESTERDAY AND SAND BAGGING WAS BEING DONE IN TOWN. A MORE

DETAILED UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING REGARDING THE

RIVER TRENDS IN AND AROUND APPLETON.



NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD BE

AWARE THAT ROADS MAY REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FOR MUCH OF

THE DAY.



MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A

POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITAION IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND

POSSIBLY SOME SNOW...OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN

MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO

LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS EARLY IN THE WEEK.

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