EVEN ALONG 169 SOUTHBOUND AND
WE WILL LOOK AT OTHER TROUBLE
SPOTS THIS MORNING.
ALI, THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAN
REMEMBER ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD
EMERGENCY IN THE TWIN CITIES
METRO.
ASHLEY ROBERTS ASSIST LIVE
IN MAPLE GROVE.
AN AREA THAT GOT 10 INCHES OF
RAIN.
ASHLEY.
DESCRIBE WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
WE HEARD MATT SAY THAT MAPLE
GROVE HAD THE MOST UP TO
10 INCHES.
AND AFTER 85 NORTH IN MAPLE
GROVE.
WE CAN SEE WHY.
THE ENTIRE STRETCH IS COVERED
IN FLOOD WATERS HERE ALONG THE
STREET.
WE HAVE SEEN MANY CARS STOP AND
TURN AROUND.
SOME HAVE TAKEN THEIR
CHANCES AND LUCKILY MADE IT
THROUGH THIS FLOODED STREET.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
THIS IS VIDEO MY
PHOTOGRAPHER SHOT.
STANDING WATER AT?
EXECUTIVES THE AND ALSO.
TWO CARS UNDER WATER.
THIS REMARKABLE VIDEO THERE.
AND VIDEO POSTED TO SOCIAL
MEDIA SHOWED STREETS TURNING TO
RIVERS AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
ARE SEEING HERE THIS MORNING.
HE POSTED THIS TO TWITTER.
AUTHORITIES WARNED THEM TO
STAY OFF THE ROAD AND AS WE
SAW.
SOME PEOPLE IGNORED THE
WARNING.
A VIDEO SHARED TO THE WCCO
FACEBOOK PAGE SHOWED FLASH
FLOODING AND NORTHEAST
MINNEAPOLIS WHERE THEY STARTED
PASSING THROUGH THE WATER ON
CENTRAL AVENUE.
THE DECISION WAS MADE TO
SHUT DOWN BOTH 694 AT HIGHWAY
169 BECAUSE OF FLOODING ON THAT
ROADWAY.
JUST SOUTH OF THEIR.
THEY RAN INTO MORE.
AS IT STARTED TO RECEDE.
THEY FLASHED MORE THAN CONTINUE
FEET IN THE AIR.
WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN
OVERNIGHT.
THEY SAID FLASH FLOOD
EMERGENCIES ARE VERY RARELY
ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES AND
IT IS THE FIRST TIME ONE HAS
BEEN ISSUED IN THE TWIN CITIES
AS FAR AS THEY CAN DETERMINE.
WE ISSUE THIS WHEN
SIGNIFICANT WATER IS COMING UP
QUICK AND THREATENING LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
THIS IS KIND OF A HIGH END
FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
IT IS ONLY USED IN EXTREME
FLOODING SITUATIONS WHERE WE
ARE GETTING.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STRANDED
CARS AND REALLY, REALLY
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
AND HENNEPIN COUNTY
OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING AND
WARNING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THOSE
ROAD CLOSED SIGNS.
THEY ARE POSTED FOR A REASON.
WE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER LOOK
HERE AT NORTH IN MAPLE GROVE.
THIS IS ACROSS FROM THE
SHIPPING CENTER.
THIS STREET RIGHT HERE IS
COVERED IN WATER.
AS I MENTIONED, MANY CARS
HAVE STOPPED AND TURNED AROUND.
AND THANK GOODNESS.
WE HAVE SEEN THREE CARS RIGHT
HERE IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES
THAT HAVE TAKEN THEIR CHANCES
AND DROVE THROUGH.
THANK GOODNESS, THEY MADE IT
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER
ROUTE.
THE CITY.
THIS IS THE NORMAL ROUTE.
MAYBE TAKE 494.
THANKS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LEFT A
PATH OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT
MANY TWIN CITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
EMERGENCY AND THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THEY SAID.
THEY REMEMBER ISSUING ONE FOR
THE AREA.
AND OUR ASHLEY ROBERTS IS LIVE
IN MAPLE GROVE AND STILL
FLOODED THIS MORNING, ASHLEY.
THEY MOST CERTAINLY ARE.
WE ARE LIVE ALONG 85th AVENUE
NORTH AND THIS AREA OF MAPLE
GROVE HIT HARD LAST NIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT IT LEFT BEHIND.
MASSIVE FLOODING HERE ALONG
THE STREET.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
THIS IS WHAT MY PHOTOGRAPHER
SHOT OVERNIGHT IN BROOKLYN
PARK.
YOU CAN SEE STANDING WATER
AND CARS UNDER WATER.
HENNEPIN COUNTY OFFICE SAID
THE AGENCY RESPONDED TO
MULTIPLE CALLS TO INTERSECTIONS
AND RESIDENTIAL BASEMENTS AND
SPECIFICALLY IN THE MAPLE GROVE
AREA.
THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST NIGHT
IN MAPLE GROVE.
HE POSTED THIS SID YO AROUND
7:00.
THEY TURN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
AN INTO A RIVERFRONT AND THIS
IS THE ENTIRE BLOCK.
SOAKED IN WATER.
SOMEONE POSTED THIS ON
TWITTER AS A WAY TO WARN PEOPLE
TO STAY HOME AND OFF THE
STREETS.
ONE DRIVER CHOSE TO TAKE A
CHANCE.
YOU CAN SEE IF THE CAR
ATTEMPTED TO PASS THROUGH AND
EVENTS ACTUALLY STOPPED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
ANOTHER VIEWER POSTED THIS.
FLOOD WATERS BROUGHT TRAFFIC
TO A STAND STILL IN NORTHEAST
MINNEAPOLIS ALONG CENTRAL
AVENUE.
THE DRIVER WAS QUOTE.
GETTING WORSE AND HE CONSIDERED
HIMSELF LUCKY TO HAVE FOUR BY
FOUR VEHICLE.
JUST AS THE HOMEOWNER.
HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY AVOID
THIS AREA.
AND SOME DRIVERS WAITED FOR THE
WATERS TO RECEDE AND ONE SUV
DRIVER JUMPED THE SIDEWALK TO
GET AROUND THE BLOODING.
WE VISITED THE NATIONAL WEATHER
OFFICE IN CHANHASSEN AND FLASH
FLOOD EMERGENCIES ARE VERY RARE
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ONE
IS ISSUED IN THE TWIN CITIES.
UNLIKE A WASHING.
THEY WORK WOULD WITH LOCAL
OFFICIALS TO DETERMINE IF THEY
ARE NECESSARY.
WHEN WE ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
EMERGENCY.
IT IS KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT BETWEEN US AND THE
MANAGERS OF THE COUNTIES.
WE ARE THE WEATHER SIDE OF THE
HOUSE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT RAINFALL
RATES.
AND THE TRENDS ON
THUNDERSTORMS.
AND THEY ARE OUT IN THE FIELD
LOOKING AT WHAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIRE WITH RESCUES AND HOW MANY
ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED AND CARS
GETTING STRANDED.
OKAY.
SO, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
OFFICIALS DON'T WANT YOU TO DO
AND DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
THE DRIVER OF THE SUV HERE
DROVE PASS THE BARRICADES THAT
A POLICE OFFICER JUST SPED UP
AND THANK GOODNESS, THEY HAVE
REAL LEE'SED THAT THE WATER IS
PROBABLY TOO DEEP TO TAKE OUR
CHANCES.
THEY ARE TURNING AROUND AND
BACK TO DRIVE BACK THROUGH THE
BARRICADES THAT WERE PUT UP.
WHEN YOU SEE THE BARRICADES AND
ANY SIGNS THAT SAY ROADS
CLOSED.
GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
AND DON'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.
IT IS REALLY NOT WORTH IT AT
ALL, GUYS.
JASON.
JUST TO UNDER SCORE.
THERE ARE BARRICADES THERE AND
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND THEM.
THE DRIVE DROVE AROUND THE
BARRICADE AND A POLICE OFFICER
POSTED THEM HERE ON THIS END OF
THE STREET AND THEY HAVE BEEN
POSTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
OPPOSITE END AS WELL.
JUST FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE
ROAD.
BARRICADES.
IT IS A LIVE TV CREW.