Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 11, 2008, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Freeborn County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 120403
FFWMPX
MNC047-120800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0001.080612T0402Z-080612T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1102 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE      
  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA. 
  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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...MYRTLE...HAYWARD
  ...AND GLENVILLE...AND AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 

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. 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 4351 9364 4383 9364 4384 9305 4350 9307
      4350 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9333

$$

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 120512
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1206 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

MNC047-120800-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080612T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FREEBORN MN-
1206 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
FREEBORN COUNTY...

AT 1206 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN 
SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GLENVILLE....
MYRTLE...HAYWARD AND TWIN LAKES...OR PRIMARILY THE AREA ALONG AND 
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.   

POSSIBLE CREEKS THAT MAY BE OVER BANKFULL INCLUDE...ORCHARD 
CREEK...TURTLE CREEK...WOODBURY CREEK AND DEER CREEK.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER OVER THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 65 
SOUTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA. 

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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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 4351 9364 4383 9364 4384 9305 4350 9307
      4350 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 180DEG 0KT 4363 9333

$$

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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.