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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

955 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



MNC043-047-220445-

FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-

955 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR 

FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES...



AT 955 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD 

DECREASED IN COVERAGE ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE 

ENVIRONMENT. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT ONE AND A QUARTER TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHEAST 

FREEBORN COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 930 PM WITH EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. 

THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL OVER THE 

WEEKEND IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN THROUGH THE LATE 

EVENING WILL IMMEDIATELY RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...  

CLARKS GROVE...GENEVA...GLENVILLE...AND INTERSTATES 35 AND 90 WITHIN 

THE WARNED COUNTIES. WATERSHED BASINS IMPACTED INCLUDE DEER 

CREEK...AND GOOSE CREEK.



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

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADWAYS AT NIGHT. 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 9394 4350 9305 4377 9305 4370 9363

      4364 9382



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