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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

203 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



MNC151-260830-

SWIFT MN-

203 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR SWIFT

COUNTY...



AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED NEAR BENSON...BIG BEND CITY...MURDOCK

AND KERKHOVEN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 

NEARLY STATIONARY...AND OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY 

FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FROM3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORT SOME FLOODING ALONG ROADS NEAR SWIFT FALLS...ALONG THE EAST 

BRANCH OF THE CHIPPEWA RIVER.  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO 

REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL.



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 4517 9596 4515 9526 4540 9526 4539 9580



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