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MNC043-047-091-150320-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

828 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM FOR 

MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 820 PM 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED SINCE NOON FROM A RADIO 

STATION IN ALBERT LEA WITH HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING. MOST OF THIS 

RAIN OCCURRED SINCE 6 PM. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION AT THIS SITE 

SINCE MIDNIGHT TOTALED 3.10 INCHES. 



AN UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL OBSERVATION FROM THE PUBLIC AT A SITE 5 MILES 

WEST OF ALBERT LEA INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES 

SINCE MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL OVER FLOWED THE RAIN GAUGE. 



FLOODING IS IMMINENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARTIN...FARIBAULT AND 

FREEBORN COUNTIES THIS EVENING DUE TO STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH OUT OF IOWA AND ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312



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