Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 19, 2014, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Hennepin County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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.

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WGUS53 KMPX 191206
FFWMPX
MNC053-191800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0013.140619T1206Z-140619T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
706 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 702 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS  WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MINNEHAHA CREEK 
  AND HAS CAUSED WATER LEVELS TO RISE QUICKLY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     
  EDINA...MINNETONKA AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN MINNEHAHA CREEK FROM LAKE MINNETONKA TO 
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

&&

LAT...LON 4494 9321 4489 9320 4489 9321 4489 9322
      4489 9339 4490 9357 4494 9353 4493 9335

$$

FRANKS

583 
WGUS73 KMPX 191652
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1152 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

MNC053-191800-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140619T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENNEPIN MN-
1152 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENNEPIN
COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1151 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA OVERIGHT AND 
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY... SO 
REMAIN AWARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AFTER 
CURRENT WARNINGS EXPIRE.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
INCLUDE...MINNETONKA AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4494 9321 4489 9320 4489 9321 4489 9322
      4489 9339 4490 9357 4494 9353 4493 9335

$$

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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.