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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1059 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.
* AT 1059 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW RICHLAND, ELLENDALE, MINNESOTA LAKE, GENEVA, HARTLAND AND
MATAWAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4385 9406 4391 9355 4388 9319 4378 9325
4380 9365 4379 9404
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
NDC
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