Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1990, 1:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1990, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dodge County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KRST 130620
FFWRST
MNC049-039-157-109-130815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
120 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN GOODHUE...NORTHERN DODGE...WABASHA...NORTHERN
OLMSTED
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PERSONS IN THE SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN GOODHUE...NORTHERN DODGE...NORTHERN
OLMSTED...AND ALL OF WABASHA UNTIL 3 15 AM THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE PERSISTED ACROSS THESE
COUNTY AREAS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 3 00
AM. SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ZUMBROTA...WEST CONCORD...
PINE ISNALD...ZUMBRO FALLS...THEILMAN...LAKE CITY AND WABASHA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE) UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Mower | 45 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.