Expires:202007262200;Remove:202007262200;938418
WGUS83 KMPX 261550
FLSMPX

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1050 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020


MNC013-015-079-103-127-129-143-161-262200-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200726T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Blue Earth MN-Brown MN-Le Sueur MN-Nicollet MN-Redwood MN-Renville
MN-Sibley MN-Waseca MN-
1050 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE, SOUTHERN SIBLEY, BLUE EARTH, CENTRAL BROWN, 
SOUTHWESTERN LE SUEUR, NICOLLET, WASECA AND EAST CENTRAL REDWOOD 
COUNTIES...

At 1050 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicate 
between 5 and 10 inches of rain has fallen from last night to this 
morning in a wide swath along the Minnesota River from Morton to 
Mankato and extending southeast to the Janesville and Waseca areas.

The rain has ended, but flooding will continue in some areas into 
the afternoon. Heed road closures and DO NOT travel through flood 
waters.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Mankato, New Ulm, North Mankato, St. Peter, Waseca, Sleepy Eye, 
  Lake Crystal, Eagle Lake, Janesville, Waterville, Mapleton, 
  Fairfax, New Richland, Nicollet, Madison Lake, Morgan, Henderson, 
  St. Clair, Gibbon and Kasota.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency or the 
National Weather Service in the Twin Cities when you can do so 
safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4476 9499 4464 9479 4448 9419 4453 9391
      4451 9389 4447 9403 4446 9404 4444 9406
      4424 9369 4418 9343 4399 9341 4400 9353
      4387 9346 4385 9390 4394 9407 4390 9431
      4418 9437 4426 9448 4437 9505

$$

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