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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

110 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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GOODHUE MN-

110 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR

GOODHUE COUNTY...



AT 110 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE

HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR HADER...AND NEAR RED WING. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM  

RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 

6 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED 

BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 

RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BELLECHESTER...

GOODHUE...KENYON...WANAMINGO...ZUMBROTA...BOMBAY AND WASTEDO.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT A PORTION OF COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 9 

IN THE HADER AND WASTEDO AREAS HAS BEEN BARRICADED DO TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. 

ALSO...HIGHWAY 52 AND 100 AVENUE ALSO HAS BEEN BARRICADED. 



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.



IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE

TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY

RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER

IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 4422 9304 4420 9255 4454 9241 4444 9303



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