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WGUS73 KMPX 130142

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

840 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005



MNC023-073-173-130330-

LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-

840 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

YELLOW MEDICINE...CHIPPEWA AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...



AT 829 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM SPRING CREEK AND CLARKFIELD EAST THROUGH 

HENLEY FALLS...GRANITE FALLS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE 

ALSO DETECTED AROUND MAYNARD AND CLARA CITY. WEATHER RADAR INDICATES 

RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR. 



THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE WARNING AREA 

BETWEEN 9 PM AND 930 PM LEAVING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES 

IN SOME AREAS. 



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO INUNDATED LOW LYING 

AREAS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES. STAY 

AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS SWOLLEN WITH RUNOFF. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADS COVERED WITH FLOOD WATER...AND DO 

NOT BYPASS BARRICADES SET UP BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BLOCK UNSAFE 

ROADS. 



LAT...LON 4464 9642 4464 9549 4489 9551 4490 9527

      4515 9526 4514 9628



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