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UPDATE: Lakeville Under Flood Warning Until 1:30 A.M. Saturday
Early-morning rains caused cancellation of Pan-O-Prog one- and four-mile runs scheduled for Saturday.
UPDATE 9 P.M.: Lakeville will remain under a flash flood warning through 1:30 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service.
Here is the updated flash food warning issued at 7:25 p.m. Saturday:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...NORTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT SUNDAY *
AT 715 PM CDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS IN THE WARNED AREA CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES. THE LOCAL RIVER STAGE LEVEL ON THE STRAIGHT RIVER NEAR FARIBAULT CONTINUES TO RISE SLOWLY...BUT NOT AS FAST AS IT DID SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...DUE TO FLOOD WATERS FLOWING FROM THE STRAIGHT RIVER CONTINUING...THE CANNON RIVER IN DUNDAS AND NORTHFIELD WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RISES THROUGH THE NIGHT.
OTHER FLOOD AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO SEE CONDITIONS IMPROVE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY FLOODED REGION.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORTHFIELD...DUNDAS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE STRAIGHT AND CANNON RIVERS...AS WELL AS HEATH AND PRAIRIE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
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UPDATE 4:10 P.M.: Lakeville remains under a flood threat, according the National Weather Service.
A flood warning in in effect for Lakeville and other local cities until 8 p.m. because of the heavy rain that fell Saturday morning.
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Here is the text of the warning:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR...EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WEST CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT *
AT 145 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LOCALIZED FLOODING...FULL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS CULVERTS DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. AS THESE CREEKS AND CULVERTS OVERFLOW WATER COULD SPILL AND POTENTIALLY ERODE ROADS...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FARIBAULT... OWATONNA...WASECA...LAKEVILLE AND NEW PRAGUE. SOME SPECIFIC RIVERS OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE STRAIGHT...MAPLE...COBB...LE SUEUR RIVERS AS WELL AS...CRANE AND RUSH CREEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
Areas just south of Lakeville have been hit hard by flooding. For instance:
• Businesses in downtown Northfield are sandbagging because of the swollen Cannon River.
• Areas of Northfield and Dundas were flooded Saturday morning.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Lakeville is among the cities included in a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service through 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
The heavy rain and thunderstorm that began hitting the city early Saturday morning forced the cancellation of the Pan-O-Prog one- and four-mile runs.
PAN-O-PROG
Run organizers posted this message on the Pan-O-Prog Facebook page on Saturday morning:
UPDATE: All Pan-O-Prog Runs this morning have been cancelled. Recreation staff will contact pre-registered runners regarding refunds.
As of 8:50 a.m., no weather-related announcements had been made about other Pan-O-Prog events.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Here is the text of the flash flood warning:
FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCOTT...WESTERN
RICE...SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN AND WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030
AM CDT...
AT 704 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALREADY...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...EDEN PRAIRIE...
LAKEVILLE...MINNETONKA...ST LOUIS PARK...AND PRIOR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
