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WGUS73 KMPX 050316

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1012 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



WIC093-109-050530-

ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI-

1012 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005



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

PIERCE AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES...



AT 1012 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVERSPREADING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. ESTIMATES FROM 

RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES 

PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 

AREA BETWEEN 1030 PM AND 1130 PM.



EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED

AREA...THROUGH MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ELLSWORTH AND NEW

RICHMOND.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4472 9275 4458 9250 4456 9218 4521 9216

      4522 9272



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