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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1115 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR

YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...



AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 

AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES HAS PUSHED 

INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF YELLOW MEDICINE 

COUNTY.  THROUGH 11 PM CDT...7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTER 

MINNESOTA WHILE FLOODING IS REPORTED BY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

ACROSS HIGHWAY 67 IN CLARKFIELD.  IN ADDITION...THE CANBY HOSPITAL 

HAS REPORTED FLOODING EARLIER THIS MONDAY EVENING.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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 4479 9642 4466 9641 4465 9558 4456 9555

      4457 9539 4469 9541 4491 9570 4480 9582



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