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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

516 PM CDT THU SEP 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR RUSK AND 

NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...



HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON HAVE 

SATURATED THE GROUND FROM BRUCE AND LADYSMITH...SOUTH TO NEW AUBURN 

AND CORNELL. RAPID RUNOFF AND PONDING OF WATER CAN BE ANTICIPATED... 

ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES.



AT 520 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 

APPROACHING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA IN RUSH AND CHIPPEWA 

COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA...FROM WEST TO 

EAST...BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE APPROACHING 

STORMS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS INUNDATED WITH FLOOD 

WATERS. 

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