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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1230 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2001



...HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED AND SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE TWIN

CITIES...



AT 1230 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED

SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AND SURROUNDING AREAS SINCE 1130 AM.

HOWEVER RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR

ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH HAS FALLEN ON PARTS OF

NORTHERN DAKOTA AND WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY SINCE THE RAIN

BEGAN AROUND 1030 AM...IN THE SOUTH ST. PAUL...PLYMOUTH...

LONG LAKE AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE

HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS MORE SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON.



THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT 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.



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS INUNDATED WITH WATER.

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