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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

330 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM...



A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL 

AND WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 AM. THIS ADVISORY REPLACES THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNINGS AND WATCHES WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. SOME 

TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE LITTLE FALLS...MILACA...

ST CLOUD...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...WILLMAR AND GRANITE FALLS.



HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS

ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. MANY AREAS ARE REPORTING 

ROAD CLOSURES...WASHOUTS...MINOR RESIDENTIAL FLOODING...AND LOW 

AREAS UNDER WATER. WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCH RAINS HAVE OCCURRED 

OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.



THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE 

THIS MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER... 

BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RAIN AND SATURATED GROUND...

FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. 



NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE ROAD BED 

COULD BE WASHED OUT...AND YOUR CAR COULD BECOME SUBMERGED. MOST 

FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...NEVER ALLOW 

CHILDREN TO PLAY AROUND FULL DITCHES OR STORM SEWERS. SWIFTLY 

MOVING WATER CAN QUICKLY DROWN A CHILD CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.

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