Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 14, 2009, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)

Expired

Jul 14, 2009, 7:52 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KMPX 142248
FFWMPX
MNC097-153-150500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0003.090714T2248Z-090715T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 544 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW
  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 
  AREA. LOCAL SHERIFF OFFICIALS IN TODD COUNTY INDICATED THAT 
  EVACUATIONS ARE OCCURRING AT STAPLES HIGH RISE APARTMENT AND WATER 
  WAS IN HOMES ALONG 5TH STREET...AS WELL AS KANSAS STREET. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BERTHA...CLARISSA...CUSHING...EAGLE BEND...HEWITT...MOTLEY AND
  PHILBROOK.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT 
ENDS THIS EVENING. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO TO THREE 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHERN TODD AND NORTHERN MORRISON SINCE 
3 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4636 9464 4631 9455 4634 9442 4629 9434
      4624 9435 4623 9439 4620 9438 4607 9514
      4611 9516 4636 9515

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KMPX 150052
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
752 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

MNC097-153-150058-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090715T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TODD MN-MORRISON MN-
752 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MORRISON AND NORTHERN TODD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 740 PM...THE TODD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THE STORM SEWERS 
WERE OPENING AND THE FLOODING THREAT WAS SUBSIDING. THE MAIN THREAT 
FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS NOW PUSHED TO THE NORTH 
AND EAST. HOWEVER UNTIL THE MAIN SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...THE THREAT 
FOR A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING 
HOURS. GIVEN THAT THE GROUND IS SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS.  

EVEN WITH THE ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN FAR NORTHWESTERN 
MORRISON COUNTY...NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED.

IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO 
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN 
CITIES.

LAT...LON 4636 9464 4631 9455 4634 9442 4629 9434
      4624 9435 4623 9439 4620 9438 4607 9514
      4611 9516 4636 9515

$$

DFC

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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.