Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 20, 2013, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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283 
WGUS53 KMPX 210438
FFWMPX
MNC121-149-211030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0001.130621T0438Z-130621T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1138 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 1136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR 2 INCHES     
  OVER THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL       
  AREAS   OF NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE              
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING   THE TOWN OF CYRUS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4574 9552 4549 9571 4553 9590 4576 9580

$$

SPD

187 
WGUS73 KMPX 210604
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
104 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNC121-149-211030-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130621T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POPE MN-STEVENS MN-
104 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

AT 102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN STEVENS 
COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN POPE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN 
STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CYRUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4574 9552 4549 9571 4553 9590 4576 9580

$$

SPD

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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.