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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1047 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WRIGHT...MEEKER...KANDIYOHI AND SWIFT

COUNTY UNTIL NOON...



THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE IN COVERED AND INTENSITY

OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL

ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

SOUTHEAST SWIFT...CENTRAL KANDIYOHI...MUCH OF MEEKER AND

SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE HIGHWAY 25...SOUTH OF MONTROSE

IN WRIGHT COUNTY...HAS 2 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.  HIGHWAY 24

ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LITCHFIELD...IN MEEKER COUNTY HAS WATER OVER

THE ROAD. SEVERAL OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED FLOODED IN THESE

COUNTIES...AND ROADS WERE BEING BARRACADED.



THROUGH NOON...RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN

THE AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY REACH AROUND ONE HALF INCH

TO ONE INCH.  THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ANY RAIN WILL LIKELY RUNOFF

QUICKLY INTO ROADSIDE DITCHES...CULVERTS...SMALL STREAM AND RIVERS.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY.

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