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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

730 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED...



PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DRENCHED PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY.  RAINFALL OBSERVERS

AND AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA TO AROUND ST.

CLOUD.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THESE

AREAS OVERNIGHT AS PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.  HENCE AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS BEING ISSUED FROM THE AREA FROM

LONG PRAIRIE TO PRINCETON AND MORA...SOUTH THROUGH ST.

CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...WILLMAR...OLIVIA AND REDWOOD

FALLS.  THE ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM.



CALLS TO COUNTY SHERIFFS REVEAL SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING

IN THE ST. CLOUD AND SAUK RAPIDS...AS WELL AS SOME FLOODED

OVERPASSES IN REDWOOD COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED

OVERNIGHT WILL ONLY SERVE TO EXACERBATE THE SITUATION.



PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...

FLOODING OF DITCHES AND LOW AREAS...AND MINOR RESIDENTIAL FLOODING.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT WADE

INTO BASEMENTS WHERE POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS MAY EXIST.



IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT

ACROSS THIS PORTION OF MINNESOTA...EXTENDING WESTWARD TO THE

ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS AND APPLETON AREAS.



THIS WATCH IS INTENDED FOR OVERLAND FLOODING AND IS IN ADDITION TO

THE FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ALONG MAJOR RIVERS IN THE

AREA...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.  RAPID RUNOFF COULD WASHOUT ROADS...

CAUSE MUD SLIDES AND INUNDATE LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES...

STORM SEWERS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES.



PEOPLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE

THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE

ACTION SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH

AREAS INUNDATED WITH FLOOD WATERS.



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