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FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

706 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001



...VERY HEAVY RAINS PERSISTING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE PERSISTING...AND IN SOME CASES TRAINING OVER

THE SAME AREAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER

CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA

UNTIL 10 PM. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE MORRIS...

ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...AND LITTLE FALLS.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE QUITE POSSIBLE BEFORE

THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. SMALL STREAMS

AND CREEKS COULD OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS AND SOME ROADS MAY GO

UNDERWATER.



MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS INUNDATED WITH

WATER. ALSO WATER MAY REMAIN POOLED OVER LOW LYING AREAS...

SUCH AS UNDERPASSES.

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