777  
WGUS63 KMPX 180207  
FFAMPX  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
907 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
 
.SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL  
MINNESOTA, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, AND WEST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH  
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 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-  
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-250818T1200Z/  
/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 LITCHFIELD, ST CLOUD, GRANITE FALLS,  
GAYLORD, NEW ULM, MADISON, FAIRMONT, GLENWOOD, OLIVIA, ST JAMES,  
LONG PRAIRIE, ST PETER, MORRIS, BLUE EARTH, HUTCHINSON, WILLMAR,  
ALEXANDRIA, BENSON, MONTEVIDEO, REDWOOD FALLS, AND MANKATO  
907 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE  
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 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...UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. EXTENSIVE  
STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE.  
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>028-181415-  
/O.CON.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 MINNEAPOLIS, LE SUEUR, CENTER CITY,  
CHANHASSEN, WASECA, CHASKA, MONTICELLO, LADYSMITH, HUDSON,  
OSCEOLA, DURAND, OWATONNA, RIVER FALLS, SAUK RAPIDS, RED WING,  
CHIPPEWA FALLS, ALBERT LEA, LITTLE FALLS, VICTORIA, SHAKOPEE, EAU  
CLAIRE, PRINCETON, ST PAUL, FARIBAULT, RICE LAKE, BLAINE,  
CAMBRIDGE, HASTINGS, MENOMONIE, STILLWATER, MORA, AND ELK RIVER  
907 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE  
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...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. EXTENSIVE  
STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE.  
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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