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MNC173-240905-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

345 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



STORMS MOVED OUT OF THE CANBY...PORTER AND CLARKFIELD AREAS SHORTLY 

BEFORE MIDNIGHT...BUT WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN...IT TOOK SOME TIME 

FOR ALL THE RUNOFF TO DIMINISH. 



THE SITUATION HAS MARKEDLY IMPROVED. HIGHWAY 59 THROUGH CLARKFIELD 

WAS REOPENED A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME COUNTY 

ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED...BUT THE WATER SHOULD BE BACK WITHIN THE 

BANKS OF STREAMS AND DITCHES BY NOW.  THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS SINCE MIDNIGHT.



THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE WAS ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 345 AM.



LAT...LON 4479 9642 4466 9641 4465 9558 4456 9555

      4457 9539 4469 9541 4491 9570 4480 9582



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