Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 17, 1993, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Rice County, MN

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TTAA00 KRST 170837 COR
FFWRST
MNC131-049-157-171100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
335 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING         EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...RICE COUNTY

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

   ...GOODHUE COUNTY...WABASHA COUNTY

HEAVY RAINS ACROSS GOODHUE...RICE AND WABASHA COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING OVER THIS AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED WAIST
DEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 246 AND 31 IN RICE COUNTY. MUDSLIDES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON ROUTE 63 NEAR ZUMBRO FALLS IN WABASHA COUNTY.
WATER WAS SPILLING OVER A BRIDGE ON ROUTE 57 NEAR WANAMINGO GOODHUE
COUNTY.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 6 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARD TO SEE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  MANY DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE TRY
TO CROSS FLOWING STREAMS.  THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU
REALIZE...OR THE WATER MAY HAVE UNDERMINED THE ROAD.

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.