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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
.HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO
GENERATE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES, WHILE
MORE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE
BAND OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WHERE THESE
HIGHER-END AMOUNTS OCCUR, ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS & AREAS OF
STEEPER TERRAIN NEAR NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. STREET & URBAN FLOODING
IS ALSO LIKELY WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS OVER TOWNS & CITIES.
MNZ082>085-091>093-312100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLUE EARTH, ALBERT LEA, WASECA, FAIRMONT,
OWATONNA, MANKATO, AND ST JAMES
116 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BLUE EARTH, FARIBAULT, FREEBORN, MARTIN,
STEELE, WASECA AND WATONWAN.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN SIX INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITHIN A MORE WIDESPREAD SWATH OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.
- 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.
MNZ054>058-064>067-073>076-311700-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-260731T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MONTEVIDEO, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD
FALLS, ST PETER, BENSON, NEW ULM, WILLMAR, LITCHFIELD, MADISON, LE
SUEUR, HUTCHINSON, AND GAYLORD
116 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA, KANDIYOHI, MCLEOD, MEEKER, RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BROWN, LE SUEUR AND NICOLLET. IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA, REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, CHIPPEWA, LAC QUI
PARLE, SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN SIX INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITHIN A MORE WIDESPREAD SWATH OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.
- 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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