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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

120 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC079-103-131-143-190945-

SIBLEY MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-NICOLLET MN-

120 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR

NICOLLET...RICE...LE SUEUR AND SIBLEY COUNTIES...



AT 120 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE

HEAVIEST RAIN LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR KLOSSNER...ST PETER 

AND FARIBAULT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST. 

ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN SO FAR IN A 20 MILE WIDE SWATH FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE...LE SUEUR 

AND WARSAW. DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 

FALLEN FROM NICOLLET...WATERVILLE AND WARSAW. THE GROUND IS SATURATED...

AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CLEVELAND...DUNDAS...

FARIBAULT...GIBBON...HEIDELBERG...HENDERSON AND KASOTA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING

WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4439 9460 4429 9431 4420 9305 4446 9307

      4453 9349 4455 9462



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