Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 11, 1991, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 1991, 12:03 AM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Wright County, MN

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TTAA00 KMSP 120359
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MNC171-120700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1102 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING         EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WRIGHT COUNTY
 
VERY PERSISTENT RAINS THIS EVENING HAVE CAUSE FLOODING IN WRIGHT
COUNTY. THE WRIGHT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME TOWNSHIP
ROADS WASHED OUT NEAR THE ST MICHAEL AREA OF EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY.
APPARENTLY 2 OR 3 CARS IN THAT AREA HAD BECOME STUCK IN THE WASHOUT.
ALSO THERE WAS A RAINFALL REPORT OF 4.5 INCHES NEAR S0UTH HAVEN IN
NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY.  SOUTH HAVEN IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF
ST CLOUD AND ST MICHAEL IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES.
 
AT 1055 PM A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS WRIGHT COUNTY THEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST SHERBURNE COUNTY
...NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY AND INTO ISANTI AND CHISAGO COUNTIES. THERE
HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR WASHOUTS IN RURAL AREAS OF ISANTI
COUNTY.
 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT HEAVY RAINS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES
AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS.
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE...BUFFALO...
MONTICELLO...AND ALBERTVILLE.
 
PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST SHERBURNE...NORTHERN ANOKA..AND SOUTHERN ISANTI
AND SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL
OF FLOODING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
PAULSON

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1040 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1991

...HEAVY RAINS WASH OUT GRAVEL ROADS NORTH OF TWIN CITIES AREA...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER WRIGHT...ANOKA...
SHERBURNE...AND ISANTI COUNTIES...FROM ABOUT ELK RIVER TO
CAMBRIDGE...AT 1030 PM.  THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST TO ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL
ON THESE COUNTIES.  SMALL GRAVEL ROADS IN OUTLYING AREAS OF ISANTI
COUNTY...SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...AND NEAR ST MICHAEL IN NORTHEAST
WRIGHT COUNTY...WERE WASHED OUT OR UNDER WATER.  EXTREME CAUTION
SHOULD BE USED IF DRIVING IN THESE AREAS.  NEVER ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...AS IT MAY BE WASHED OUT...AND THE
WATER MAY BE DEEP ENOUGH TO FLOAT A VEHICLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...
HOWEVER THEY MAY REDEVELOP IN THE SAME AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
SO EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF DRIVING IN RURAL AREAS OF
WRIGHT...SHERBURNE...AND ISANTI COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
PAULSON/KRAFT

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

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