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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

732 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR FARIBAULT...

FREEBORN AND MARTIN COUNTIES...



FLASH FLOODING HAS PRODUCED 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN WELLS...OR 20 

MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA.  IN ALBERT LEA IT SELF SEVERAL STREETS 

WERE BARRICADED DUE TO FLOODING.  COUNTY ROAD 2 IN SOUTHEAST BLUE 

EARTH COUNTY NEAR KIESTER HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING FROM EAST OF FAIRMONT TO ALBERT LEA. 

WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND UNDERPASSES.  DO 

NOT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER AT NIGHT...AS CARS AND TRUCKS CAN 

EASILY FLOAT AWAY.  

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