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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1100 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005



MNC003-059-141-130545-

ISANTI MN-SHERBURNE MN-ANOKA MN-

1100 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

ANOKA...SHERBURNE AND ISANTI COUNTIES...



AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAST 

BETHEL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE. RAINFALL RATES 

WITH THESE STORMS WAS AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE 

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CAMBRIDGE AND EAST 

BETHEL AND ISANTI.



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 

MIDNIGHT. FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE HEAVY RAIN HOWEVER. 

DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO CARRY RUNOFF. LOW 

LYING AREAS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO COLLECT PONDING WATER. DO NOT 

DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES PUT IN PLACE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BLOCK 

UNSAFE ROADS. 



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. 



LAT...LON 4555 9413 4536 9387 4531 9359 4520 9339

      4521 9303 4555 9303 4556 9314 4571 9315

      4572 9350 4555 9350



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