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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
217 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
.SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, & WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE LIKELY. SOILS, AND LOCAL
STREAMS & CREEKS ARE ALREADY SATURATED AFTER HEAVY RAINS SINCE
FRIDAY, SO ANY RAINFALL TONIGHT COULD QUICKLY BEGIN TO RUNOFF AND
LEAD TO FLOODING.
MNZ041-042-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-181200-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ST PETER, ST CLOUD, HUTCHINSON, NEW ULM,
OLIVIA, GRANITE FALLS, LONG PRAIRIE, GAYLORD, MONTEVIDEO, BENSON,
ALEXANDRIA, FAIRMONT, GLENWOOD, MORRIS, WILLMAR, BLUE EARTH,
MADISON, ST JAMES, REDWOOD FALLS, LITCHFIELD, AND MANKATO
217 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA, KANDIYOHI, MCLEOD, MEEKER, RENVILLE, SIBLEY, STEARNS
AND TODD. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BLUE EARTH, BROWN,
FARIBAULT, MARTIN, NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA,
REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, CHIPPEWA, DOUGLAS, LAC QUI
PARLE, POPE, STEVENS, SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE
HEAVY RAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES ON TOP OF
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
MNZ043>045-050>053-059>063-068>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-181500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0003.250818T0300Z-250818T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE
SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST.
CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIVER FALLS, ST PAUL, CHASKA, LE SUEUR,
ALBERT LEA, HUDSON, CHANHASSEN, RICE LAKE, LADYSMITH, VICTORIA,
ELK RIVER, OWATONNA, MONTICELLO, DURAND, LITTLE FALLS, EAU
CLAIRE, CENTER CITY, MENOMONIE, HASTINGS, MORA, OSCEOLA,
STILLWATER, SHAKOPEE, FARIBAULT, CAMBRIDGE, CHIPPEWA FALLS,
PRINCETON, RED WING, BLAINE, MINNEAPOLIS, WASECA, AND SAUK RAPIDS
217 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS,
ANOKA, BENTON, CARVER, CHISAGO, DAKOTA, FREEBORN, GOODHUE,
HENNEPIN, ISANTI, KANABEC, LE SUEUR, MILLE LACS, MORRISON, RAMSEY,
RICE, SCOTT, SHERBURNE, STEELE, WASECA, WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT AND
WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BARRON, CHIPPEWA, DUNN,
EAU CLAIRE, PEPIN, PIERCE, POLK, RUSK AND ST. CROIX.
* WHEN...FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE
HEAVY RAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 OR MORE INCHES ON TOP OF
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
ETA
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