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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

815 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR CHIPPEWA

COUNTY...



UP THROUGH 800 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A MAJOR COMPLEX OF 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING CHIPPEWA 

COUNTY. WHILE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED OVER THE PAST HOUR

...MORE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 

AND THESE ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CHIPPEWA COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 

PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING.  THE ONSET OF THE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN 

AFTER ABOUT 10 PM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ON FLASH FLOODING.



RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ALONG SMALL STREAMS...AND 

NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVERTS...SHOULD MONITOR THUNDERSTORM 

DEVELOPMENT AND RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT. LISTEN FOR LATER 

STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS.



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