Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1991, 12:00 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1991, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1991, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 040500 FFWRST MNC091-040600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN MIDNIGHT CDT TUE JUN 04 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MARTIN COUNTY AT 1140 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY NEAR EAST CHAIN...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRMONT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. COUNTY SHERIFF CONTINUES TO REPORT STANDING WATER ON MANY RAODWAYS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY. RAINFALL REPORTS HAVE ACCUMULATED 4 INCHES IN 1 1/2 HOUR. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING...FAIRMONT...EAST CHAIN AND NORTHRUP. 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. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 845 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...STREET AND FIELD FLOODING IN FULDA AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. REPORTS OF 7 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE FULDA AREA OF MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WERE RECIEVED. THE MURRAY COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTED STANDING WATER WAIST DEEP IN FIELDS AND MANY CARS STALLED IN STANDING WATER IN THE TOWN OF FULDA NEAR SLAYTON IN MURRAY COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. MORE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED AROUND SUNISE TOMORROW. TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT THIS TIME TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM FLOODING IF YOU ARE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN THE NEW RICHMOND...MAPLETON AREA OF EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NEW RAINSHOWER DEVELOPEMENT OCCURRED SINCE 730 PM FROM JUST NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES TO NEAR ELMWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE RAINSHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM AREA OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ORTONVILLE TO OWATONNA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 945 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 930 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR MARSHALL IN LYON COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NEAR ALBERT LEA IN FREEBORN COUNTY OF EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED REPEATEDLY OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAUSING STANDING WATER IN STREETS AND FIELDS IN SOME AREAS. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST FLOOD DAMAGE. RAINSHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF MINNESOTA. THEY WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ORTONVILLE TO OWATONNA. THEY WERE ALSO FALLING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST WISCONSIN FROM JUST NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES TO BALDWIN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE EXPECT=ED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1035 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 1030 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NEAR FAIRMONT AND MAPLETON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NEAR REDWOOD FALLS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE OCCURRED REPEATEDLY OVER MUCH OF THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CAUSING STANDING WATER IN STREETS AND FIELDS IN SOME AREAS. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST FLOOD DAMAGE. RAINSHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF MINNESOTA. THEY WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ORTONVILLE TO OWATONNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES oAN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:41 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1135 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 1130 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DRENCHED MUCH OF THIS AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. STANDING WATER AND FLOODED BASESMENTS HAVE RESULTED. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST FLOOD DAMAGE. RAINSHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... WEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO ST PETER TO BRICELYN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1135 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1991 ...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINSHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 1130 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING FROM NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DRENCHED MUCH OF THIS AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. STANDING WATER AND FLOODED BASEMENTS HAVE RESULTED. PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY AGAINST FLOOD DAMAGE. RAINSHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA... WEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO ST PETER TO BRICELYN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Martin | 78 min |
| Jun 3, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 106 min |
| Jun 4, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.