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595 

RWUS32 KMSP 230359

FFSMSP

MNZ043>045-049>051-057-058-065-073-230830-



FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

11 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR

THE PORTION OF MINNESOTA FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MILACA SOUTH TO ST.

CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...AND REDWOOD FALLS.  RAINFALL OF 2 TO

3.5 INCHES HAS BEEN COMMON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY.  ROAD

CLOSURES AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS BENTON

AND STEARNS COUNTIES AS OF 11 PM.  FLOODED INTERSECTIONS HAVE ALSO

BEEN REPORTED IN WILLMAR.



AS OF 11 PM...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED

A BIT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BUT MORE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS AND

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 4 AM.

HENCE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS INCH OF RAINFALL

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT

$$

MBK

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708 

RWUS32 KMSP 230400 COA

FFSMSP

MNZ043-044-049>051-057-058-065-073-230830-



FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO REMOVE KANABEC CO

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

11 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...



A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR

THE PORTION OF MINNESOTA FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MILACA SOUTH TO ST.

CLOUD...FOLEY...LITCHFIELD...AND REDWOOD FALLS.  RAINFALL OF 2 TO

3.5 INCHES HAS BEEN COMMON ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY.  ROAD

CLOSURES AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS BENTON

AND STEARNS COUNTIES AS OF 11 PM.  FLOODED INTERSECTIONS HAVE ALSO

BEEN REPORTED IN WILLMAR.



AS OF 11 PM...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED

A BIT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BUT MORE

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN IOWA.  THESE SHOWERS AND

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 4 AM.

HENCE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS INCH OF RAINFALL

IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT

$$

MBK

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