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WGUS73 KMPX 050120

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

811 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



MNC003-019-037-053-085-123-139-143-163-050530-

ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-

DAKOTA MN-SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-

811 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

SIBLEY...SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...MCLEOD...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN...

WASHINGTON AND ANOKA COUNTIES...



AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN 

CITIES. MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND 

SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.



ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS 

PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



AT 740 PM...VEHICLES WERE REPORTED STRANDED DUE TO FLOODING IN EDEN 

PRAIRIE...AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 5 AND MITCHELL ROAD.



AT 815 PM...WAIST DEEP WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS IN CHASKA. 



EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED

AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLAINE...BLOOMINGTON...

BROOKLYN PARK...BURNSVILLE...COON RAPIDS...EAGAN AND EAST BETHEL.



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 4450 9442 4459 9341 4481 9283 4504 9286

      4519 9286 4536 9309 4533 9339 4513 9358

      4503 9372 4489 9414



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