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WGUS73 KMPX 071346

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

837 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006



MNC043-047-091-071430-

FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-MARTIN MN-

837 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR

MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 837 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE ENTIRE 

AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM TRUMAN...TO 

MINNESOTA LAKE...TO CLARKS GROVE. SOME STREETS WERE REPORTED FLOODED 

IN WINNEBAGO AND DUNNELL AS WELL AS SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. AS OF 7 

AM...FAIRMONT REPORTED 3.36 INCHES OF RAIN...ALBERT LEA REPORTED 

2.57 INCHES...AND WINNEBAGO REPORTED 2.11 INCHES. 



THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



IT APPEARS THAT RAIN WILL CONTINUE BEYOND 10 AM...BUT WITH 

DECREASING RATES. THE WARNING MAY NEED TO BE REISSUED IF FLOODING 

CONTINUES.



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. 



LAT...LON 4351 9484 4352 9310 4383 9309 4382 9483



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JPR

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