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MNZ054-056-064-065-073-074-082000-



FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1207 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LAC

QUI PARLE...CHIPPEWA...YELLOW MEDICINE...REDWOOD...BROWN AND RENVILLE

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON.



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS

WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPAN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER PARTS OF WEST

CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON.  RECENT RAINS FROM LAST

NIGHT AND POTENTIAL RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY

TO CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS. RUNOFF FROM THESE

RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME MODERATE RISES ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOWLYING AREAS

SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN

DEPTH.



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