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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1116 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR 

WRIGHT...HENNEPIN...MCLEOD AND CARVER COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL WAS 

ESPECIALLY HEAVY OVER WRIGHT COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 5 

INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WRIGHT 

COUNTY ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER IN THE MAPLE LAKE 

AND HOWARD LAKE AREAS.  



UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN THIS EVENING IN NORTHWEST 

HENNEPIN COUNTY INTHE LORETTO AND HASSAN AREAS.  LESSER AMOUNTS OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS CARVER AND MCLEOD COUNTIES.  THE FLASH FLOOD 

WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED PAST MIDNIGHT FOR WRIGHT AND PERHAPS FOR 

HENNEPIN COUNTY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

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