Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 14, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1000 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RED
  WING...BELLECHESTER...BOMBAY...CANNON FALLS...CASTLE ROCK...
  DENNISON...DUNDAS...GOODHUE...HADER...LONSDALE...NERSTRAND...
  NORTHFIELD...RANDOLPH...STANTON...VESELI...WANAMINGO...WASTEDO...
  WEBSTER...WELCH AND ZUMBROTA.

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW A BAND OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST RICE COUNTY...FAR SOUTHERN DAKOTA 
COUNTY...AND NORTHWEST GOODHUE COUNTY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
CONTINUE. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN ARE AREAS ALONG THE CANNON RIVER AND 
IT TRIBUTARIES FROM DUNDAS DOWNSTREAM TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH 
OF RED WING. MANY OF THE TRIBUTARIES LEADING INTO THE CANNON RIVER 
ARE FLOWING OVER THEIR BANKS. INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE ALONG THE CANNON 
RIVER OR ITS TRIBUTARIES...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF 
NORTHFIELD AND CANNON FALLS...SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER 
LEVELS AROUND AREA STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE CLOSED DUE TO 
STANDING WATER...WITH HIGH WATER SLOWING OR STOPPING TRAFFIC ON 
MINNESOTA HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF HAMPTON AND ALONG US 52 IN THE HADER 
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4433 9352 4454 9353 4454 9328 4456 9327
      4461 9260 4456 9254 4457 9252 4450 9236
      4445 9236 4445 9242 4436 9245 4437 9255
      4428 9256 4428 9303

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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.