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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

527 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



MNC155-030400-

TRAVERSE MN-

527 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

CDT...



AT 524 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE FROM 3 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN AN AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEATON...THROUGH 

WHEATON...TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEATON.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...WHEATON AND DAKOMIN. AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES SLOWLY 

EAST...PERSONS IN COLLIS AND DUMONT MAY EVENTUALLY SEE VERY HEAVY 

RAIN AS WELL LATER THIS EVENING.



THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 27 AND 75 ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHEATON 

HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO BEING UNDER WATER. THERE IS ALSO WIDESPREAD 

STREET FLOODING OCCURING IN WHEATON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4601 9628 4559 9629 4560 9680 4578 9658

      4601 9656



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