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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1259 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR REDWOOD...

RENVILLE...YELLOW MEDICINE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM WALNUT GROVE TO REDWOOD FALLS TO HECTOR...IN 

THE 3 HOURS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM. THE RENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF 

REPORTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS JUST OVER 4 INCHES IN FAIRFAX. 



THE RENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED EAST BOUND HIGHWAY 

19...JUST ONE HALF MILE EAST OF MORTON...WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD 

WATER. THE REDWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND 

SANITARY SEWERS IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS. SOME COUNTY ROADS HAVE 

ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS REDWOOD COUNTY AND COUNTY 

WORKERS ARE OUT PUTTING BARRICADES IN PLACE TO CLOSE UNSAFE ROADS. 



WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING EAST OF BUFFALO LAKE 

AND FAIRFAX...BUT CONTINUED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEPOSIT 

ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE

TWIN CITIES.



LAT...LON 4483 9464 4458 9480 4433 9500 4429 9551

          4514 9568 4513 9529 4486 9524 4485 9495



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