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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1990Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1990, 9:51 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1990, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1990, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 170255
FFWSTC
MNC067-093-023-073-173-170800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN
951 PM CDT  JUN 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...KANDIYOHI...MEEKER
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...CHIPPEWA...SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE...YELLOW MEDICINE
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COPIUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ONE OF THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WAS
REPORTED NEAR GROVE CITY..NORTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD WHERE TWO INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN A TWENTY MINUTE TIME FRAME. THESE VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE
FALLING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM TWO TO AS MUCH AS
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT.
 
THIS IS DEVELOPING INTO A VERY DANGEROUS SITUTATION AND SHOULD NOT BE
TAKEN LIGHTLY.  MANY REPORTS OF ROADS HAVING BEEN WASHED OUT OR
CURRENTY UNDER 6 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER.
 
PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THESE RAPIDLY
CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION IF CALLED
UPON.  SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE WILLMAR..LITCHFIELD..
GRANITE FALLS AND MONTEVIDEO.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
DOMBROWSKY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift	30 min
Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	30 min
Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	5 hr
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	5 hr

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.