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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1258 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN 

MILLE LACS AND MORRISON COUNTIES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR NORTHWEST STEARNS 

AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...AND HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE IN TODD 

COUNTY....



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MORRISON 

AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES THROUGH 3 AM...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH.  HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER PRODUCED 2 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MORRISON AND MILLE LACS 

COUNTIES.  THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF CONTINUED TO REPORT HIGHWAY 

FLOODING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AT 1245 AM.  HENCE A 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MILLE LACS AND 

MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM.



HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS ALSO FALLEN EARLIER ACROSS 

NORTHWEST STEARNS...DOUGLAS AND TODD COUNTIES...BUT ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL THROUGH 3 AM WILL BE LIGHT.  HENCE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 

FOR THESE THREE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SOME HIGHWAYS ACROSS TODD COUNTY REMAIN FLOODED AT 1245 AM AS 

REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  DO NOT DRIVE 

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR 

AT NIGHT

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