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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

714 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 945 PM...



AT 710 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY...

MAINLY BETWEEN THE CITIES OF BROOTEN...BELGRADE AND PAYNESVILLE...

MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HOWEVER...THE STORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE

OVER SOUTHWEST STEARNS COUNTY. THUS...HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY TO

CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN NEARLY TWO

INCHES OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST STEARNS COUNTY.



SOME CITIES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING ARE BROOTEN...

BELGRADE...GEORGEVILLE...PAYNESVILLE...ROSCOE AND WATKINS.



ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

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