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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

436 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



MNC165-192300-

WATONWAN MN-

436 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR

WATONWAN COUNTY...



AT 436 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SLOWLY SUBSIDING WATER OVER 

FLOODED ROADWAYS IN WATONWAN COUNTY...NAMELY IN AND AROUND ST JAMES. 

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW REDEVELOPING SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WATONWAN COUNTY. ESTIMATES FROM 

DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT TWO AND A HALF 

TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 11 AM OVER THE WARNED AREA 

WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THAT DURING LAST NIGHT. THE 

GROUND IS WELL SATURATED IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN 

WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



SOME COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUTTERFIELD...DARFUR

LA SALLE...LEWISVILLE...MADELIA...ECHOLS AND GROGAN.



SOME WATERSHEDS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...THE WATONWAN 

RIVER...BUTTERFIELD CREEK...AND THE SAINT JAMES CREEK.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THIS INCLUDES ALONG 

WATERWAYS DOWNSTREAM OF WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR 

VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS NIGHTFALL SETS IN 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.



LAT...LON 4387 9484 4387 9437 4409 9439 4409 9486



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