URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
  RAINFALL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. REPORTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
  RAINFALL IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THE STORMS.
  THE STORMS ARE MOVING...BUT THE RAPID RAINFALL RATES MAY LEAD TO
  MINOR FLOODING OF BOTH URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

* 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...ROCHESTER...WINONA...ALTURA...BYRON...DOVER...EYOTA...
  GOODVIEW...LEWISTON...ROLLINGSTONE...ST. CHARLES AND STOCKTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.