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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 19, 2026Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Sep 19, 2026, 10:17 AM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 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: Sep 19, 2026, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 2:40 PM CDT, 19 hours 37 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
Sep 18, 10:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	2 hr
Sep 19, 1:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2026 Every areal flood warning in 2026

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.