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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

453 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY UNTIL 945

PM...



WHILE RAIN HAS ENDED TEMPORARILY ACROSS MOST OF EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...

SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE TOWN OF EAU CLAIRE.

REPORTS FROM LOCAL MEDIA INDICATE EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE FROM

SEVERAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND A TRAILER PARK. GAUGE REPORTS FROM

WEST EAU CLAIRE INDICATE 6.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY...WITH 2

TO 3 INCHES FALLING IN THE LAST HOUR.



ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF EAST CENTRAL

MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY TREK OVER SOUTHERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...AND

PERHAPS AGAIN THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE. THIS ROUND OF STORMS COULD

BRING ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN TO THE WATERLOGGED COUNTY. WHETHER

IT DOES OR NOT...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING NOW...AND

RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR DRAINAGE AREAS...SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING

AREAS...AND ROADWAYS FOR FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY...AND STAY AWAY FROM RUNNING OR STANDING

WATER...AS ITS DEPTH IS LIKELY UNKNOWN.



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