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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 190701

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

155 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC013-147-161-190945-

BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN-

155 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

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



AT 155 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW ULM...MANKATO AND OWATONNA.

THESE STORMS WERE  MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR.  RAINFALL 

RATES REMAIN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE LINE OF STORMS. ADDITIONAL

REDEVELOPMENT WILL PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND

FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...

EAGLE LAKE...ELLENDALE...GOOD THUNDER...JANESVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL AND

MADISON LAKE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME CARS WERE STRANDED IN WASECA 

AND IN MANKATO AROUND 145 AM. 



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.



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 4420 9307 4419 9375 4424 9401 4416 9400

      4414 9408 4423 9437 4390 9433 4385 9305



$$

DWE

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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 190701

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

155 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC013-147-161-190945-

BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN-

155 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



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

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



AT 155 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW ULM...MANKATO AND OWATONNA.

THESE STORMS WERE  MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR.  RAINFALL 

RATES REMAIN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE LINE OF STORMS. ADDITIONAL

REDEVELOPMENT WILL PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND

FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...

EAGLE LAKE...ELLENDALE...GOOD THUNDER...JANESVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL AND

MADISON LAKE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME CARS WERE STRANDED IN WASECA 

AND IN MANKATO AROUND 145 AM. 



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.



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 4420 9307 4419 9375 4424 9401 4416 9400

      4414 9408 4423 9437 4390 9433 4385 9305



$$

DWE

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