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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

716 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...AND DUNN COUNTIES

HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...



RAIN HAS COME TO AN END OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND IT APPEARS THE

HEAVIEST RAINS WILL STAY SOUTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.

THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT HAVE BEEN

CANCELLED.



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING ACROSS THESE THREE

COUNTIES...WITH BOTH RADAR AND GAUGE REPORTS SHOWING 3 TO 5 INCHES

ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED REPORTS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN...

ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE...AND IN SOUTHERN DUNN AND

EASTERN PEPIN COUNTIES. A NUMBER OF ROADS ARE UNDER WATER...WITH

MANY SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



THESE SHORT TERM WATER PROBLEMS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE THROUGH THE

EVENING...AS TRIBUTARIES...DRAINAGE SYSTEMS...AND STORM SEWERS

BEGIN TO CATCH UP AND THE RUNOFF ENDS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL BE AWARE FOR WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS...AND

SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS WITH WATER RUNNING OVER THEM.



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