Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 20, 2005, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Washington County, MN

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 201831
FFWMPX
MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-163-202130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
129 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 129 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY        
  HEAVY RAIN MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.    
  DOPPPER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND 
  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO FLOOD SMALL STREAMS AND    
  CREEKS...AND COVER ROADWAYS EXPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR       
  DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS THROUGH THE RUSH HOUR WILL HAVE TO DEAL  
  WITH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 
 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ANDOVER...ANOKA...
  APPLE VALLEY...ARDEN HILLS...BLAINE...BLOOMINGTON AND BROOKLYN
  CENTER.

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 4473 9387 4464 9285 4515 9290 4537 9309
      4533 9339 4504 9371

$$

MKM

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 201927
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
221 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-163-202130-
ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-
SCOTT MN-
221 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN...WASHINGTON AND ANOKA
COUNTIES...

AT 221 PM CDT...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF 
THE THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. WATER WAS RUNNING OVER COUNTY 
ROAD C AND IS IMPASSABLE IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS NEAR INTERSTATE 35E. 
THIS LOCATION IS IN LITTLE CANADA IN RAMSEY COUNTY. ALSO THE 
INTERSECTION OF 50TH AVENUE AND EMMERSON IN MINNEAPOLIS WAS FLOODED 
WITH CURB DEEP WATER. A SPOTTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 94 
AND MCNIGHT ROAD IN EASTERN ST PAUL REPORTED THAT EIGHT TENTHS OF AN 
INCH OF RAIN FELL IN ONLY 15 MINUTES. 

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THREAT ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA 
THROUGH THE START OF THE RUSH HOUR. DELAY YOUR TRAVEL UNTIL THE 
HEAVY RAIN COMES TO AN END AND WATERS SUBSIDE FROM ROADWAYS. 

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4473 9387 4464 9285 4515 9290 4537 9309
      4533 9339 4504 9371

$$

MKM

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 202130
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-163-202140-
ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-
SCOTT MN-
430 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY...
HENNEPIN...WASHINGTON AND ANOKA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTT...DAKOTA...CARVER...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN... 
WASHINGTON AND ANOKA COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM.

LAT...LON 4473 9387 4464 9285 4515 9290 4537 9309
      4533 9339 4504 9371

$$

MKM

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