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UPDATE: Burnsville, Dakota County Under Flood Advisory Until 11 p.m.
The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the area expired at 8:45 p.m.
UPDATE 8:45 p.m.—The National Weather Service has issued the following weather alert impacting Burnsville:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN
• URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
• UNTIL 1100 PM CDT •
AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR.
• RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN URBAN AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...ST PAUL...APPLE VALLEY...BLOOMINGTON...BURNSVILLE... CREDIT RIVER...EAGAN...LILYDALE...MENDOTA HEIGHTS...PRIOR LAKE... SAVAGE...TWIN CITIES AIRPORT AND WEST ST PAUL.
• PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
• MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
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This warning was issued at 7:51 p.m. by the National Weather Service in Chanhassen:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT *
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AT 748 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAVAGE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SAVAGE... BURNSVILLE... APPLE VALLEY... EAGAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
