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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1223 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
 

MNC009-059-065-095-097-141-145-121845-
Kanabec-Mille Lacs-Isanti-Benton-Sherburne-Stearns-Morrison-
1223 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING EXPECTED...

Thunderstorms with heavy rain will continue to cause minor flooding 
in the following counties...

Kanabec...Mille Lacs...Isanti...Benton...Sherburne...Stearns...
Morrison...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 1221 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small
  stream flooding in the area. Up to two inches of rain have already 
  fallen. Some lingering ponding and lowland flooding will continue 
  after the storms have cleared the area.

* Some locations that will experience minor flooding include...
  St. Cloud, Little Falls, Cambridge, Sauk Rapids, Waite Park, St.
  Joseph, Isanti, Zimmerman, Princeton, Becker, Cold Spring and Mora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

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LAT...LON 4544 9315 4539 9398 4542 9405 4538 9408
      4534 9475 4577 9468 4578 9465 4603 9464
      4616 9315

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