Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 11, 2007, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 2007, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Scott County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 110840
FFWMPX
MNC139-110945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 340 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS TO
  18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PETER.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...PRIOR LAKE...SAVAGE
  AND SHAKOPEE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4479 9348 4458 9384 4456 9331 4476 9335

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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.