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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

300 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR DUNN

AND BARRON COUNTIES...



AT 300 AM CDT...RADAR AND GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT ANYWHERE FROM 

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF BARRON COUNTY...AND 

THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF DUNN COUNTY. ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS MAY 

HAVE FALLEN IN THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WHICH STRETCHED FROM 

NEAR BARRON...TO HILLSDALE...RIDGELAND...AND WHEELER.



AT 130 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 25 THREE 

MILES NORTH OF THE BARRON AND DUNN COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES 

SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BARRON. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING 

ACROSS MUCH OF THE CITY OF RICE LAKE.



ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD COME TO 

AN END...SOME LIGHTER RAINS STILL EXISTED ACROSS BARRON COUNTY. JUST 

BECAUSE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...DOES NOT MEAN THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 

HAS DIMINISHED. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.



IN DUNN COUNTY...RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF PINE 

CREEK...THE HAY RIVER...AND BROKEN CREEK...SHOULD MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS ON THESE WATERWAYS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD THEY 

THREATEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.



IN BARRON COUNTY...THOSE WHO LIVE ALONG THE LOWER AND UPPER PINE 

CREEKS...FOURMILE CREEK...QUADERER CREEK...JOHNSON CREEK...DORRITY 

CREEK...AND SPRING CREEK SHOULD ALSO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AND 

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

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

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4469 9211 4469 9167 4518 9167 4522 9156

      4563 9156 4562 9215



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