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FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1116 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2001



...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING STILL A THREAT...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM

FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING MORA..LONG PRAIRIE...

AND STAPLES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...AND

GRANITE FALLS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY...CONTINUES

TO ADVANCE TO THE NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT APPEARS THAT

THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE EAST OF A LINE

FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GRANITE FALLS THROUGH 3 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM TODAYS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL

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.



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JPR

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