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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1110 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001



...HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES...



AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HENNEPIN...RAMSEY...

CARVER...SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1 PM.  THE ADVISORY

INCLUDES MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...BURNSVILLE...SHAKOPEE...MINNETONKA

AND ALL SURROUNDING SUBURBS IN THE MENTIONED COUNTIES.



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES

METROPOLITAN AREA...AND ADJOINING AREAS THROUGH 1 PM...DEPOSITING

AS MUCH AS ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.  THIS MUCH RAIN IN A SHORT

PERIOD OF TIME WILL RESULT IN FLOODED STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. ONE

HALF INCH HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.  DOPPLER

RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS INCH OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN IN ONE HOUR IN SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY AROUND DELANO.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS INUNDATED WITH WATER.

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