Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 18, 2007, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2007, 4:45 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 190351
FFWMPX
MNC079-103-131-143-190945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1050 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 1048 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUST
  NORTH OF NEW ULM AND JUST WEST OF GAYLORD...TO LE SUEUR... 
  MONTGOMERY... FARIBAULT AND NORTHFIELD.  THE STORMS WERE REPEATEDLY
  MOVING ACROSS THIS AREA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY
  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS...AND 2 OR 3
  MORE INCHES MAY STILL FALL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FARIBAULT...GIBBON...
  HENDERSON...LAFAYETTE...LE CENTER...LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...
  LE SUEUR AND NORTHFIELD.

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 4439 9460 4429 9431 4420 9305 4446 9307
      4453 9349 4455 9462

$$

TDK

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 190626
FFSMPX

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

MNC079-103-131-143-190945-
SIBLEY MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-NICOLLET MN-
120 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR
NICOLLET...RICE...LE SUEUR AND SIBLEY COUNTIES...

AT 120 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
HEAVIEST RAIN LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR KLOSSNER...ST PETER 
AND FARIBAULT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST. 
ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SO FAR IN A 20 MILE WIDE SWATH FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE...LE SUEUR 
AND WARSAW. DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE 
FALLEN FROM NICOLLET...WATERVILLE AND WARSAW. THE GROUND IS SATURATED...
AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CLEVELAND...DUNDAS...
FARIBAULT...GIBBON...HEIDELBERG...HENDERSON AND KASOTA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING
WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4439 9460 4429 9431 4420 9305 4446 9307
      4453 9349 4455 9462

$$

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.