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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

713 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



MNC003-053-041400-

ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-

713 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR

HENNEPIN AND ANOKA COUNTIES...



AT 709 AM CDT...REPORTS TO HENNEPIN COUNTY FROM EXCELSIOR IN 

SOUTHWESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY INCLUDED SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING OF 

STREETS AND PARKING LOTS.



AT 711 AM CDT...REPORTS TO HENNEPIN COUNTY FROM BROOKLYN PARK

IN NORTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING.



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH 

DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS BETWEEN 730 AM AND 830 AM.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND

PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4492 9369 4491 9350 4483 9350 4484 9324

      4514 9325 4514 9303 4541 9304 4540 9348

      4523 9349 4520 9361



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