Flash Flood Warning
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 18 At 10:59PM CDT Until September 19 At 1:00AM CDT By NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWMPX 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.
Impacts
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.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Blue Earth County, MN
- Faribault County, MN
- Freeborn County, MN
- Steele County, MN
- Waseca County, MN
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VX44DNHWW9AV2PCTJAMARN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9811b282fc426adbcf872bf1464a41f0f330bf92.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMPX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5714
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWMPX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS53 KMPX 190359 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0010.260919T0359Z-260919T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T01:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Blue Earth County, MN
- Faribault County, MN
- Freeborn County, MN
- Steele County, MN
- Waseca County, MN
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 027013 |
| SAME | 027043 |
| SAME | 027047 |
| SAME | 027147 |
| SAME | 027161 |
| UGC | MNC013 |
| UGC | MNC043 |
| UGC | MNC047 |
| UGC | MNC147 |
| UGC | MNC161 |
- Polygons
- 43.85,-94.06 43.91,-93.55 43.88,-93.19 43.78,-93.25 43.8,-93.65 43.79,-94.04 43.85,-94.06