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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 16, 1992Dakota County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1992, 2:04 AM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1992, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1992, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 1992-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1883 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 1992-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 350 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
456 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 160704
FFWMSP
MNC037-053-139-WIC033-091-093-160900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
204 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...DAKOTA COUNTY...SOUTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY...PEPIN COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS
OF SCOTT...SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND FURTHER EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO
PIERCE...PEPIN AND SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY. THROUGH 1 AM THIS MORNING
...RAINFALL HAS RANGED FROM 3 TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADWAY UNDERPASSES HAS
OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND DAKOTA COUNTY. ROADS AND SOME
BRIDGES IN PIERCE COUNTY WERE WERE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT
AND SMALL STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA WERE ON THE RISE.
 
THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH
AT LEAST 4 AM WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.
 
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND SHOULD NOT
BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice38 min
Sep 15, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice29 min
Sep 15, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Scott4 hr
Sep 16, 3:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue38 min
Sep 16, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXOlmsted43 min
Sep 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMille Lacs18 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.