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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

930 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-

930 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 930 PM...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE MINNEHAHA CREEK FROM 

LAKE HARRIET TO LAKE NOKOMIS...IN MINNEAPOLIS...WAS OVERFLOWING 

SIGNIFICANTLY. 



AS OF 900 PM...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED IN PARTS OF MINNETONKA AND EDEN PRAIRIE. 



RADAR DETECTED ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL 

RAIN...MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH AND WEST SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. 

ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO AS MUCH 

AS 2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE OCCURRING.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES MAY OCCUR BEFORE THIS FLOOD EVENT 

IS OVER.  



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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