Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Warning Expired, Area Still Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch
A severe thunderstorm warning for St. Croix County expired at 3:45 p.m., but the area remains under flood advisory until 4:30 p.m. and a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m.
UPDATE (3:45 p.m., June 14, 2012): The severe thunderstorm warning for St. Croix County has expired, but the area remains under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m.
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ORIGINAL POST (3:09 p.m., June 14, 2012): The National Weather Service has issued the following severe thunderstorm warning for St. Croix County valid until 3:45 p.m.:
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... NORTH CENTRAL ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
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* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 254 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WANDEROOS... OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF AMERY... AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BALSAM LAKE... AMERY... STAR PRAIRIE... DRESSER... OSCEOLA... ST CROIX FALLS... TAYLORS FALLS... WANDEROOS... CENTURIA... MILLTOWN... LUCK... CLEAR LAKE... FREDERIC... RANGE...
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.
In addition, the area also is under a flood advisory until 4:30 p.m.:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... WESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 120 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHEAST BARRON AND NORTHWEST RUSK COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE... CONNORSVILLE... AMERY... BALSAM LAKE... NEW RICHMOND... RICE LAKE... BARRON... BARRONETT... BLOOMER... BOYCEVILLE... BRILL... CAMERON... CANTON... CENTURIA... CHETEK... CLAM FALLS... CLEAR LAKE... COLFAX... COMSTOCK... CUMBERLAND... CUSHING... CYLON... DEER PARK... DRESSER... EMERALD... FOREST... FREDERIC... GLENWOOD CITY... HAUGEN... HERSEY AND HILLSDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... COUNTRY ROADS... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
