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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD

709 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



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TRAVERSE MN-

709 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005



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

CDT...



AT 706 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF 

TRAVERSE COUNTY. 



SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND 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...DUMONT AND TINTAH.



A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CO-OP OBSERVER IN WHEATON REPORTED THAT 

2.49 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WHEATON 

REPORTS THAT THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF TOWN ARE STILL EXPERIENCING

FLOOD CONDITIONS. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS SECTIONS OF CENTRAL TRAVERSE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA. 



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 9629 4565 9628 4565 9675 4578 9659

      4601 9656



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