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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEW INFORMATION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

720 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



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

WASECA COUNTY...



DOPPLER RADAR AT 720 AM SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

BEGINNING TO PUSH BACK INTO WASECA COUNTY FROM AROUND MANKATO AND 

MAPLETON.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN 

BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND FIVE TENTHS OF AN INCH. 



EARLIER THIS MORNING BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM...HEAVY RAINFALL DEPOSITED 

2 TO OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN  

WASECA COUNTY.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM 

FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.



WASECA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FIELD AND LOWLAND 

FLOODING AROUND THE TOWN OF NEW RICHLAND...AND A SMALL CREEK HAS 

OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS ONTO THE BALL FIELD IN NEW RICHLAND.  HOWEVER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN NORTHWEST OF 

NEW RICHLAND FROM NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TO OTISCO...STRETCHING 

NORTHWEST TOWARD ALMA CITY AND ST. MARY.  JUST OVER 3 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.  EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD KEEP 

AN EYE OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THESE PARTS OF 

THE COUNTY.



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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