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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

745 AM CDT MON APR 23 2001



...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 11 AM...



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

AND WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 AM. 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 INCH RAINS HAVE OCCURRED OVER 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. 



BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL 

MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH 

IS POSSIBLE. WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL 

CONTINUE INTO MID 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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