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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

300 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001



...THREAT OF FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 5 

AM...



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

OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM. SOME TOWNS 

IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...MILACA...ST 

CLOUD... PAYNESVILLE...APPLETON...WILLMAR...AND MONTEVIDEO.



RADAR AT 3 AM SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM MADISON AND GRANITE FALLS NORTHEAST THROUGH 

WILLMAR...ST. CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS INTO THE TWIN CITIES. THE SHOWERS 

AND STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.  THE STEARNS COUNTY 

SHERIFF REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN ST. CLOUD AT 3 AM.  MANY 

LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN SEVERAL 

HOURS TIME...LEADING TO STREET FLOODING AND AS WELL AS 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. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER.

$$

MBK

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