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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD

443 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



MNC033-101-117-252345-

PIPESTONE MN-MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-

443 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR COTTONWOOD...

MURRAY AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES...



AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EITHER DISSIPATING OR MOVING EASTWARD 

FROM THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

COMMON IN THE PAST 2 HOURS IN A WEST TO EAST BAND FROM CENTRAL 

PIPESTONE COUNTY TO CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY MINNESOTA. A COLD 

FRONT IS ALSO MOVING INTO THIS AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. MODERATE TO 

HEAVY RAIN MAY MOVE INTO PIPESTONE COUNTY BY 530 PM. AT ANY RATE...

BE ALERT FOR RAIN RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH OCCURRED 

DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON.



REPORTS OF FLOODED DITCHES AND SOME WATER IN BASEMENTS IN STORDEN 

MINNESOTA HAVE COME INTO THE WEATHER SERVICE. MORE REPORTS MAY BE 

RECEIVED LATER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 4389 9639 4389 9491 4408 9490 4417 9640



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