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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1122 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER CHIPPEWA COUNTY...AND

WILL DO SO THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RADAR AND GAUGE

ESTIMATES FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF

CHIPPEWA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TOWN OF MONTEVIDEO. STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE

RAINFALL TOTALS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EASILY POSSIBLE

ACROSS CHIPPEWA COUNTY TONIGHT...WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL RAINFALL

ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 8 INCHES.



THIS EXTREME RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING...WATER OVER

ROADWAYS...DITCHES TO FILL AND FLOOD...AND URBANIZED AREAS TO

SUFFER SIGNIFICANT PONDING AS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS FALL BEHIND.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERING THE ROADS...AND MONITOR ALL STREAMS

AND LOW LYING AREAS IF YOU LIVE IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY.



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