NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MNFF.W 0009September 6, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Faribault, MN
The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen issued a flash flood warning for Faribault in Minnesota, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 9th flash flood warning the NWS office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen issued in 2026. Minnesota had 12 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 4 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Minnesota's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
- Area
- Faribault
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:28 p.m. CDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. CDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMPX FF.W 0009
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota since 2008Every warning type in Minnesota
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The notice as issued
FFWMPX The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Faribault County in south central Minnesota... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 128 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated 2 to 3 inches of rain have fallen, more heavy rain expected to continue. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Winnebago, Minnesota Lake, Easton and Delavan.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota since 200836 a year
- Every warning type in Minnesota
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels