Crime & Safety
WEATHER: Hudson Area Under Severe Storm Warning, Flash Flood Watch
Emergency sirens sounded in Hudson at about 4:10 p.m. for a severe thunderstorm warning which is valid until 5 p.m. A flash flood watch also is in effect.
The National Weather Service has issued the following severe thunderstorm warning valid until 5 p.m.:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... EASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
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* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 407 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOYCEVILLE TO 8 MILES EAST OF ELLSWORTH TO FRONTENAC... AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
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LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CONNORSVILLE23... ELLSWORTH... MENOMONIE... DURAND... SPRING VALLEY... WILSON... HERSEY... BAY CITY... ESDAILE... GLENWOOD CITY... WOODVILLE... MARTEL... HAGER CITY... EMERALD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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The area also is under the following flash flood watch until 1 a.m. on Thursday:
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA... CARVER... CHISAGO... DAKOTA... GOODHUE... HENNEPIN... ISANTI... KANABEC... LE SUEUR... MCLEOD... RAMSEY... RICE... SCOTT... SHERBURNE... SIBLEY... WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN... PIERCE... POLK AND ST. CROIX.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES... IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING... THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
