Special Weather Statement for Fridley and Surrounding Areas

The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement for Anoka County Saturday night. The passing storm will bring a "quick inch" of rain, with pea-sized hail possible and "brief runoff problems and ponding of water":

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER ANOKA...HENNEPIN...RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT... AT 946 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROBBINSDALE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS...LAUDERDALE...ROSEVILLE...AND SHOREVIEW. WHILE THIS STORM WILL REMAIN NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ORIGINATING FROM THIS STORM ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED IN MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...AND LOCATIONS IN BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWNS...INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A QUICK ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM FROM ROBBINSDALE TO WHITE BEAR LAKE AND COMMUNITIES IN BETWEEN. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.