New Flood Advisory Posted for Shakopee until 4:30 p.m.

Shakopee might have escaped major spring flooding this year, but rain pouring down in the area has now prompted an urban and small stream flood advisory though 4:30 p.m. Thursday. As of this morning, 2.85 inches of rain had been reported in Shakopee.

According to the NWS:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT *

AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES INDICATES UP TO AN INCH AND HALF IN AN HOUR. IN ADDITION....A COCORAHS OBSERVER IN RICHFIELD REPORTED 0.55 INCHES OF RAIN IN A TWELVE MINUTE TIME FRAME. ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE RAIN IS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH AND WILL IMPACT THE TWIN CITES METRO AREA THROUGH 3 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF CONSTRUCTION AND POOR DRAINAGE. 

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 HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOW IMPACT FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES SET UP TO BLOCK WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE BARRICADES ARE SET UP FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

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