Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 22, 2010, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)

Expired

Sep 23, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1116 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

MNC013-015-043-047-079-091-103-127-131-147-161-165-231400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.W.0021.100923T0416Z-100923T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REDWOOD MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
WASECA MN-STEELE MN-WATONWAN MN-FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-MARTIN MN-
1116 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY

* FROM 2 TO NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH 
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  ADDITIONAL          
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD PRODUCE    
  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH AN INCH  
  IN AN HOURS TIME. LAKE CRYSTAL AND RAPIDAN IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY    
  HAVE BOTH REPORTED STREET FLOODING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WMAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALBERT
  LEA...BLUE EARTH...FAIRMONT...FARIBAULT...HAYWARD...MANKATO...NEW
  ULM...OWATONNA...ST JAMES...ST PETER...WASECA...ALDEN...AMBOY...
  BIXBY AND BLOOMING PRAIRIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4354 9485 4363 9488 4410 9487 4410 9504
      4414 9505 4415 9511 4419 9512 4419 9530
      4425 9558 4455 9554 4444 9477 4443 9304
      4353 9307

$$

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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.