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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 191027

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC043-047-191345-

FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-

523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 523 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MOVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR 

FROM NEAR BLUE EARTH TO ALBERT LEA.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH.  ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND 

THE POTENTIAL FLOODING OF ROAD AND SMALL STREAMS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME ROADS FLOODED IN WELLS JUST 

BEFORE 5 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 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422



$$



DWE

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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 191027

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC043-047-191345-

FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-

523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR

FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 523 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MOVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR 

FROM NEAR BLUE EARTH TO ALBERT LEA.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH.  ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND 

THE POTENTIAL FLOODING OF ROAD AND SMALL STREAMS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME ROADS FLOODED IN WELLS JUST 

BEFORE 5 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 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422



$$



DWE

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