Active Advisories: Flash Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Buffalo, Buffalo Municipal Airport, MN
6:14 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 64°F18°C
Overcast- Feels Like:64°F18°CDew Point:61°F16°CHumidity:88%
Winds:E 9 mph 14 kph
Pressure:29.74 in1007 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Flash Flood Watch
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS... MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY ACROSS MINNESOTA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE RAIN EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT SAW FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 271645- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0003.120527T2200Z-120528T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 332 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET... RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHOT PERIOD OF TIME. * FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. &&
