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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 17, 1990Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1990, 11:31 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 1990, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2067 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 6:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWinona2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.