Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 18, 2014, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Brown County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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001 
WGUS53 KMPX 180742
FFWMPX
MNC015-181130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0010.140618T0742Z-140618T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
242 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 
  WITH ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW
  ULM.

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 4440 9479 4441 9469 4439 9465 4440 9464
      4436 9449 4433 9445 4433 9446 4432 9444
      4428 9442 4426 9438 4419 9463

$$

BORGHOFF

472 
WGUS73 KMPX 181013
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
513 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC015-181130-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140618T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWN MN-
513 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN
COUNTY UNTIL 630 AM CDT...

AT 509 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING PRODUCED 
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEW ULM AREA

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW
ULM.

IN PARTICULAR...THE COTTONWOOD RIVER HAS QUICKLY EXCEEDED FLOOD 
STAGE AND CONTINTUES TO RISE RAPIDLY. THOSE WITH INTRESTS ALONG THE 
COTTONWOOD RIVER SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WATER LEVELS AND BE 
READY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD THE RIVER BEGIN TO THREATEN 
YOUR LOCATION.

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 4440 9479 4441 9469 4439 9465 4440 9464
      4436 9449 4433 9445 4433 9446 4432 9444
      4428 9442 4426 9438 4419 9463

$$

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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.