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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

315 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 7 AM FOR BLUE EARTH AND 

NICOLLET COUNTIES...



...HIGHWAY 169 SOUTHBOUND CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDES FROM ST. PETER TO 

MANKATO...



TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS 

SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM ST. JAMES TO MANKATO. THESE STORMS 

WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS ALREADY BEING SEEN IN NICOLLET AND BLUE EARTH 

COUNTIES.



AT 3 AM...HIGHWAY 169 SOUTHBOUND WAS CLOSED DUE TO MUDSLIDES CAUSED 

BY THE EXCESSIVE RAINS. IN MANKATO...4.69 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER INCH...PERHAPS TWO IN LOCALIZED 

AREAS...IS POSSIBLE BEFORE RAINS TAPER OFF TOWARD SUNRISE. THIS WILL 

CAUSE RAPID RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH MANY LOW LYING 

AREAS BECOMING INUNDATED WITH WATER. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4445 9400 4424 9404 4424 9378 4407 9378

      4407 9436 4426 9437 4441 9456



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