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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

330 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...POPE...ISANTI...CHISAGO...

SHERBURNE...WRIGHT...ANOKA...KANDIYOHI...SWIFT...MEEKER...

WASHINGTON...HENNEPIN...CHIPPEWA...RAMSEY...MCLEOD...CARVER...

DAKOTA...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...POLK AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES HAS

BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE 

PICKING UP SPEED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THUS REDUCING 

RAINFALL RATES AND LESSENING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. ACROSS MUCH OF 

CENTRAL MINNESOTA...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING AND 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE 

SUNRISE. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST SIX HOURS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 6 

INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS MAY CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS...AS RAPID RESPONSE AREAS 

SUCH AS CREEKS...STREAMS...UNDERPASSES...AND LOW LYING AREAS RID 

THEMSELVES OF EXCESS WATER. WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS 

DIMINISHED...MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RESIDUAL WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THAT COULD STALL MOTOR 

VEHICLES.



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