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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

854 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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OTTAWA-

854 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR

OTTAWA COUNTY...



AT 830 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF 

ROADWAYS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS. SPOTTERS ACROSS OTTAWA 

COUNTY HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 AND A HALF INCHES THIS 

EVENING. 



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

MINNEAPOLIS...TESCOTT...BENNINGTON...DELPHOS AND ADA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...AWAY FROM RISING WATER.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO

CROSS FLOWING WATER IN A CAR OR ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 3929 9789 3897 9792 3897 9740 3930 9737



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