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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

648 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001



...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL

MINNESOTA...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS

OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 900 PM.



THE ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE COUNTIES OF

STEELE...WASECA...FREEBORN...WASHINGTON AND GOODHUE.



AT 640 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER IN STEELE COUNTY REPORTED RAINFALL

AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF OVER ONE INCH WITHIN A 30 MINUTE SPAN.



AT 645 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO DETECT A LINE OF STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST

METRO OF THE TWIN CITIES...SOUTH TO BURNSVILLE...TO WEST OF

BLOOMING PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.



EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.  SOME PONDING OF WATER OF ROADWAYS

AND UNDERPASSES IS LIKELY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH OR THROUGH

FLOODED STREETS AND ROADWAYS.



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