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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1212 AM CDT MON JUL 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 4 AM FOR DOUGLAS...TODD

AND MORRISON COUNTIES...



A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA... 

TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS.  AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN 

THREE HOURS WILL BE THE RESULT...AND SOME LOCATIONS FROM EAGLE BEND 

TO CAMP RIPLEY COULD EVEN PICK UP FOUR OR FIVE INCHES WHEN ALL IS 

SAID AND DONE.



THE LARGE BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN WAS ENDING FROM THE WEST...AND IT HAD 

STOPEPD RAINING WEST OF ALEXANDRIA.  HOWEVER...THERE WERE 

INDICATIONS THAT A FEW MORE STORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING... AND 

THESE SHOULD APPROACH THE ALEXANDRIA AREAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM.  

THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR DOUGLAS 

COUNTY...AS WELL AS TODD AND MORRISON COUNTIES.



A FEW STREETS IN ALEXANDRIA WERE ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE WATER OVER 

THEM...AND THE SAME WAS TRUE IN STAPLES.

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