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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006



MNC013-147-161-100930-

BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN-

311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR

STEELE...WASECA AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES...



AT 311 AM CDT...

THE STEELE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREETS UNDER WATER 

IN THE CITY OF OWATONNA. A HOTEL WAS BEING EVACUATED. THE 

COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED THAT 4.40 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

OWATONNA SINCE 10 PM.



THE WASECA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT STANDING WATER 

IN THE COUNTY WAS GRADUALLY RECEDING.



THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL HAD RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL MUD 

SLIDES IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY.



THE RAINFALL IN STEELE...WASECA...AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES WILL 

CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH 430 AM. 



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 4390 9431 4387 9308 4412 9308 4412 9433



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