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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

910 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR

FARIBAULT COUNTY...



AT 905 AM CDT...A WEATHER OBSERVER IN THE TOWN OF WELLS REPORTED 2.5 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. THIS INTENSE RAIN HAS CAUSED 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW AREAS...WITH MANY ROADS IN AND OUTSIDE 

THE CITY OF WELLS REPORTED BEING UNDER WATER.



RADAR INDICATES THAT MOST OF THE RAIN HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...AND 

THAT 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST 

AND EAST CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY. THE FACT THAT THE RAIN HAS ENDED 

DOES NOT MEAN THE FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND FURTHER FLOODING COULD OCCUR.



MUCH OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MAPLE RIVER BASIN...AND THE EAST 

BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER BASIN. THESE WATERWAYS SHOULD BE 

MONITORED FOR RAPID RISES AND FLOODING.



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 4370 9398 4371 9399 4381 9399 4384 9400

      4384 9366 4353 9366 4353 9373 4352 9374

      4352 9396



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