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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 280820

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

318 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



MNC019-037-053-123-139-281045-

HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-SCOTT MN-

318 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...



AT 318 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS TO 14 

MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 

MPH...AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. A SPOTTER IN MAPLE PLAIN MEASURED 1.60 

INCHES OF RAIN AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA.



HENNEPIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT CARS WERE FLOODED TO THEIR 

DOORS AT 34TH AND PENN IN MINNEAPOLIS. A TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO 

REPORTED RAPIDLY MOVING WATER IN A CUL DE SAC IN NEW BRIGHTON.



THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TO THE EAST...AND FLOODING SHOULD 

BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE WEST METRO.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLE VALLEY...ARDEN

HILLS...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN CENTER...BURNSVILLE...CARVER AND

CHANHASSEN.



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.



LAT...LON 4470 9367 4505 9371 4510 9301 4473 9303



$$



KAT

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000 

WGUS73 KMPX 280820

FFSMPX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

318 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



MNC019-037-053-123-139-281045-

HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-SCOTT MN-

318 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR

SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES...



AT 318 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY

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

HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS TO 14 

MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 

MPH...AND HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. A SPOTTER IN MAPLE PLAIN MEASURED 1.60 

INCHES OF RAIN AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA.



HENNEPIN COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THAT CARS WERE FLOODED TO THEIR 

DOORS AT 34TH AND PENN IN MINNEAPOLIS. A TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO 

REPORTED RAPIDLY MOVING WATER IN A CUL DE SAC IN NEW BRIGHTON.



THE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY TO THE EAST...AND FLOODING SHOULD 

BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE WEST METRO.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLE VALLEY...ARDEN

HILLS...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN CENTER...BURNSVILLE...CARVER AND

CHANHASSEN.



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.



LAT...LON 4470 9367 4505 9371 4510 9301 4473 9303



$$



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