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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

750 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR A

PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

SOME TOWNS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...RED

WING...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...LADYSMITH AND EAU CLAIRE.



AT 745 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM

ALBERT LEA TO FARIBAULT IN MINNESOTA. A SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ELLSWORTH TO BALSAM LAKE IN

WISCONSIN. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT ABOUT BETWEEN A HALF INCH

AND ONE INCH OF RAIN IS OCCURRING AS THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AREAS

OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EAU CLAIRE TO LADYSMITH WILL SEE THE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE IN BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. A GENERAL

DECREASE IN THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR

IN THE ALBERT LEA THROUGH FARIBAULT AREAS AFTER 9 PM AND THE RED

WING AND ZUMBROTA AREAS BY 10 PM.



THIS REMAINS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THIS EVENING. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS

OBSERVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS INUNDATED WITH

WATER.



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