Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 19, 2014, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KMPX 191522
FFWMPX
MNC019-053-123-191930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0017.140619T1522Z-140619T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1022 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1022 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
  THROUGH 1130 AM... AND RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
  HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS...LAKE MINNETONKA...PLYMOUTH...ST LOUIS
  PARK...CRYSTAL...EXCELSIOR...LAKE PHALEN...MAPLEWOOD...NORTH
  MINNEAPOLIS...ROSEVILLE...UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS AND
  WACONIA.

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 4504 9328 4504 9323 4505 9322 4505 9307
      4503 9301 4497 9298 4498 9308 4493 9331
      4494 9353 4489 9357 4489 9372 4483 9377
      4488 9391 4498 9377 4505 9328

$$

045 
WGUS73 KMPX 191654
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

MNC019-053-123-191930-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140619T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-
1154 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL RAMSEY...
SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND NORTHERN CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 1154 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.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS...LAKE MINNETONKA...ST LOUIS PARK...EXCELSIOR...
LAKE PHALEN...MAPLEWOOD...NORTH MINNEAPOLIS...ROSEVILLE...UNIV OF MN
MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS AND WACONIA.

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 4504 9328 4504 9323 4505 9322 4505 9307
      4503 9301 4497 9298 4498 9308 4493 9331
      4494 9353 4489 9357 4489 9372 4483 9377
      4488 9391 4498 9377 4505 9328

$$

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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.