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FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1023 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2001



...HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER EASTERN ST CROIX...DUNN AND

CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...



AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR

PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON.  CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS

ADVISORY ARE GLENWOOD CITY...EMERALD...CYLON...RIDGELAND...SAND

CREEK...BOYCEVILLE...WHEELER...NEW AUBURN...HOLCOMBE AND CORNELL.



AT 1005 AM...A SHERIFF DEPUTY IN DUNN COUNTY REPORTED WATER OVER

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND THE CONNORVILLE...SAND CREEK

RIDGELAND AND WHEELER AREAS.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS

WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...MOVING EAST AT 25

MPH.  THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WAS OVER EASTERN ST CROIX

COUNTY OR 40 MILES EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



THE HEAVY RAINS SHOULD DIMINISH OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

SHORTLY AROUND NOON.

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