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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

1206 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



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FREEBORN MN-

1206 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR

FREEBORN COUNTY...



AT 1206 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN 

SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GLENVILLE....

MYRTLE...HAYWARD AND TWIN LAKES...OR PRIMARILY THE AREA ALONG AND 

SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.   



POSSIBLE CREEKS THAT MAY BE OVER BANKFULL INCLUDE...ORCHARD 

CREEK...TURTLE CREEK...WOODBURY CREEK AND DEER CREEK.



LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 65 

SOUTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA. 



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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE

FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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 9364 4383 9364 4384 9305 4350 9307

      4350 9363

TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9333



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