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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

655 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR

WASECA COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR AT 645 AM SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF WASECA COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 

OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 

WASECA COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM.  HENCE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WASECA COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM.



SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT.  A 

SHERIFF HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO INSPECT ROADWAYS AROUND 

WALDORF...OTISCO...ALMA CITY AND NEW RICHLAND.  MORNING COMMUTERS 

SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF 

YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4419 9343 4420 9378 4386 9376 4386 9342



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