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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1032 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



MNC013-103-165-250815-

NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-

1032 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR

WATONWAN...BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET COUNTIES...



AT 1032 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET DEEP IN AN 

UNDERPASS IN SAINT JAMES.  ELSEWHERE IN SAINT JAMES...THE WATONWAN 

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE STREETS WERE FILLING UP WITH WATER...AND 

THAT THE STORM DRAINS WERE NOT HANDLING THE HEAVY RAINFALL. 



EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED

AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MADELIA...MANKATO AND

ST JAMES.



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.



LAT...LON 4405 9484 4386 9486 4390 9382 4418 9381

      4435 9431 4412 9434



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