Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 19, 2014, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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978 
WGUS53 KMPX 191408
FFWMPX
MNC085-103-143-192000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0014.140619T1408Z-140619T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. AN INCH OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...
  AND RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER
  THE AREA OVER THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS.

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

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.

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 4430 9444 4433 9445 4436 9452 4451 9454
      4468 9447 4476 9425 4480 9402 4470 9401
      4461 9425 4455 9433 4441 9430 4433 9432
      4426 9439

$$

473 
WGUS73 KMPX 191656
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

MNC085-103-143-192000-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140619T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCLEOD MN-NICOLLET MN-SIBLEY MN-
1156 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SIBLEY...WESTERN
NICOLLET AND SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 1156 AM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 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.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GLENCOE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4430 9444 4433 9445 4436 9452 4451 9454
      4468 9447 4476 9425 4480 9402 4470 9401
      4461 9425 4455 9433 4441 9430 4433 9432
      4426 9439

$$

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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.