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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2025Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 29, 2025, 11:19 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2025, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2025, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 29, 6:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:31 AM CDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:37 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:52 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope, Swift	23 min
Jun 28, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	29 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	46 min
Jun 28, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	59 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	31 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	21 min
Jun 28, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Swift	28 min
Jun 28, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	35 min
Jun 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	38 min
Jun 28, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Yellow Medicine	40 min
Jun 28, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	19 min
Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	40 min
Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	32 min
Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	44 min
Jun 28, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	24 min
Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	35 min
Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	53 min
Jun 28, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	12 min
Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns, Todd	38 min
Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	4 hr
Jun 28, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	19 min
Jun 28, 9:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns	39 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine	35 min
Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns	40 min
Jun 28, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Renville	33 min
Jun 28, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	36 min
Jun 28, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	39 min
Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 1 more	47 min
Jun 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	20 min
Jun 28, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	57 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley	53 min
Jun 28, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne and 2 more	46 min
Jun 29, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	30 min
Jun 29, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin	37 min
Jun 29, 12:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	95 min
Jun 29, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	30 min
Jun 29, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	43 min
Jun 29, 12:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	25 min
Jun 29, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	23 min
Jun 29, 1:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	21 days
Jun 29, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	31 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.