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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Flash flood warning in Rice, Waseca, Le Sueur counties

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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning valid until 8 p.m. for northwestern Rice county, northern Waseca county, and southeastern Le Sueur  counties of southern Minnesota:

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NWS Twin Cities

Here are the details:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN

359 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

NORTHERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE

ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

WASECA...LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...JANESVILLE...WATERVILLE...

WEBSTER...ELYSIAN...KILKENNY...SMITHS MILL...VESELI...

WASECA AIRPORT AND GREENLAND.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE

WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Some showers and thunderstorms will also be moving through the Twin Cities metro area this afternoon and early this evening.

7 P.M. Update

Here are some flooding reports from Lonsdale, Kilkenny and Waseca, compiled by the Twin Cities National Weather Service office:

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NWS Twin Cities