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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

330 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR FARIBAULT...

FREEBORN AND MARTIN COUNTIES...



AT 250 AM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN THE CITY OF BLUE EARTH...REPORTED

2 FEET OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS...AND MANHOLE COVERS

BLOWING OFF SEWERS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES PRIOR TO 5 AM WILL

RANGE FROM ONE HALF INCH...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO 

SLOW THEIR SPEED...AND BE PREPARED FOR DEBRIS FROM EARLIER STRONG STORMS

ACROSS ROADWAYS.



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