Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 26, 2010, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2010, 1:25 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Dakota County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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.

332 
WGUS53 KMPX 270150
FFWMPX
MNC037-047-079-131-139-147-161-270730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0006.100627T0150Z-100627T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED      
  AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL AREA EXPECTED   
  TO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.  THESE HIGH RATES WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF 
  INTO STREAMS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALBERT LEA...FARIBAULT...HAYWARD...OWATONNA...WASECA...ALDEN...
  APPLE VALLEY...BELLE PLAINE...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...BURNSVILLE...
  CASTLE ROCK...CLARKS GROVE...CLEVELAND...CREDIT RIVER...
  DUNDAS...EAGAN...ELKO...ELLENDALE...ELYSIAN...FARMINGTON...
  FREEBORN...GENEVA...GLENVILLE...HAMPTON AND HELENA.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 1 AM WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4478 9335 4480 9321 4490 9309 4477 9304
      4471 9282 4457 9281 4452 9305 4351 9306
      4351 9363 4385 9363 4385 9374 4424 9376
      4426 9397 4440 9391 4457 9389 4476 9353

$$
DWE

627 
WGUS73 KMPX 270625
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
125 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

MNC037-047-079-131-139-147-161-270640-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-100627T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAKOTA MN-SCOTT MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN-
FREEBORN MN-
125 AM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN...
STEELE...WASECA...RICE...LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO 
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. 

LAT...LON 4478 9335 4480 9321 4490 9309 4477 9304
      4471 9282 4457 9281 4452 9305 4351 9306
      4351 9363 4385 9363 4385 9374 4424 9376
      4426 9397 4440 9391 4457 9389 4476 9353

$$
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.