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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1003 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004



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

MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 1003 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 PM...ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF 

FARIBAULT AND MUCH OF FREEBORN COUNTY. LESSER AMOUNT HAVE FALLEN IN 

MARTIN COUNTY. THE MOST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM ALBERT 

LEA...TO HOLLANDALE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LOTS OF STREET FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE 

AREA. 



RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CONTINUING TO 

MOVE NORTHEAST FROM IOWA ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE QUITE LIKELY INTO THE EARLY 

MORNING. 



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.



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



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