Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 4, 2005, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 2005, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 041153
FFWMPX
MNC131-147-041600-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 653 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE      
  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 4 MILES SOUTH OF FARIBAULT. THESE STORMS WERE   
  MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DUNDAS...ELLENDALE...
  LONSDALE...MEDFORD...NORTHFIELD...OWATONNA AND BIXBY.

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 4386 9339 4387 9307 4446 9307 4449 9350
      4421 9340

$$

KAT

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 041608
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

MNC131-147-041620-
RICE MN-STEELE MN-
1057 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STEELE AND RICE COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN RICE 
AND STEELE COUNTIES.  HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 4 TO 6 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING BETWEEN NEW MARKET 
AND LONSDALE IN NORTHERN RICE COUNTY. A BROAD AREA OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 
FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF RICE COUNTY WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES 
ALSO IN THE MEDFORD AND OWATONNA AREA OF NORTHEAST STEELE COUNTY.

PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE WATCHFUL OF RAPID RISES IN SOME OF THE 
SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS AS WELL AS ANY 
WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAYS.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. 

RAINFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS 
AFTERNOON WITH PERHAPS A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE.  


LAT...LON 4386 9339 4387 9307 4446 9307 4449 9350
      4421 9340

$$

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