Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 18, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Goodhue County, MN

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WGUS53 KMPX 190301
FFWMPX
MNC049-190900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1000 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 955 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF GOODHUE COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
  HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF DENNISON...TO JUST
  NORTH OF ZUMBROTA.  THE STORMS WERE REPEATEDLY MOVING ACROSS MUCH
  OF THE SAME AREA.  ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS. EXPECT HEAVY
  RAIN TO CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT...AND SOME SPOTS MAY RECEIVE 
  OVER SIX INCHES OF RAIN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...KENYON...ZUMBROTA...
  GOODHUE...SOGN...WHITE ROCK...WANAMINGO...AND ZUMBROTA.

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 4422 9304 4420 9255 4453 9241 4449 9302

$$

TDK

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WGUS73 KMPX 190615
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
110 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

MNC049-190900-
GOODHUE MN-
110 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 110 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR HADER...AND NEAR RED WING. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM  
RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 
6 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED 
BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL 
RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BELLECHESTER...
GOODHUE...KENYON...WANAMINGO...ZUMBROTA...BOMBAY AND WASTEDO.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT A PORTION OF COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 9 
IN THE HADER AND WASTEDO AREAS HAS BEEN BARRICADED DO TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. 
ALSO...HIGHWAY 52 AND 100 AVENUE ALSO HAS BEEN BARRICADED. 

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.

IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE
TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY
RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER
IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4422 9304 4420 9255 4454 9241 4444 9303

$$

DWE

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.