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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

141 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



...TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA

OVERNIGHT...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF

CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM. SOME TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE

LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...MILACA...ST CLOUD...PAYNESVILLE...

APPLETON...WILLMAR...AND MONTEVIDEO.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS

CENTRAL MINNESOTA. STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN

APPLETON. MANY PLACES WILL SEE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN...

IN A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD...AND THIS WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING

OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGEROUS

FLOODING CONDITIONS. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR

DRAINAGE DITCHES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

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