Update: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Shakopee

Update 10:07 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Scott County until 12:30 a.m.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CARVER AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WRIGHT COUNTY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS ARE RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITES AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. THE ADVISORY ALSO INCLUDES EASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AND WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

Update at 9:38 p.m. - THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT...SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

The National Weather Service Twin Cities has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Shakopee until 9:45 p.m. tonight.

AT 858 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WACONIA...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF BURNSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MINNEAPOLIS... EXCELSIOR... MINNETONKA... EDEN PRAIRIE... THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA... PLYMOUTH... ST LOUIS PARK... BLOOMINGTON... TWIN CITIES AIRPORT... VICTORIA... CARVER... MOUND...

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.