Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 4, 2005, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ramsey County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 041056
FFWMPX
MNC123-041400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
554 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 554 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        
  HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE      
  STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARDEN 
  HILLS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. RADAR ESTIMATES    
  AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED  
  UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF HENNEPIN AND  
  ANOKA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND   
  WILL MOVE INTO RAMSEY COUNTY BY 630 AM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ST PAUL...FALCON     
  HEIGHTS...  LITTLE CANADA...MAPLEWOOD...NORTH OAKS...NORTH 
  ST PAUL...ROSEVILLE AND SHOREVIEW.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS.

LAT...LON 4495 9321 4495 9299 4512 9299 4512 9320

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KAT

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.