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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 1993Goodhue County, Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 3:35 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1993, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1993-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1993-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 170837 COR
FFWRST
MNC131-049-157-171100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
335 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING         EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...RICE COUNTY

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

   ...GOODHUE COUNTY...WABASHA COUNTY

HEAVY RAINS ACROSS GOODHUE...RICE AND WABASHA COUNTIES HAVE PRODUCED
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING OVER THIS AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED WAIST
DEEP AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 246 AND 31 IN RICE COUNTY. MUDSLIDES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON ROUTE 63 NEAR ZUMBRO FALLS IN WABASHA COUNTY.
WATER WAS SPILLING OVER A BRIDGE ON ROUTE 57 NEAR WANAMINGO GOODHUE
COUNTY.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 6 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARD TO SEE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  MANY DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE TRY
TO CROSS FLOWING STREAMS.  THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER THAN YOU
REALIZE...OR THE WATER MAY HAVE UNDERMINED THE ROAD.

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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
143 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

STORM DATA FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 16 1993

 TIME        COUNTY/LOCATION AND STATE   CHARACTER OF STORM/DAMAGE
.......................................................................

720 PM CDT   REDWOOD CO/MILROY AND       2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                        VESTA MN
DWE
Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
143 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

STORM DATA FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 16 1993

 TIME        COUNTY/LOCATION AND STATE   CHARACTER OF STORM/DAMAGE
.......................................................................

720 PM CDT   REDWOOD CO/MILROY AND       2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
                        VESTA MN
DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
215 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

AT 155 AM...A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH NEW ULM...NORTHFIELD...ZUMBROTA TO SOUTH OF LAKE CITY ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN 35 MILES SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR ALMA AND MONDOVI.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA WAS SLOWLY
SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT AREAS FROM NEW ULM THROUGH MANKATO TO NEAR OWATONNA AND ROCHESTER
THROUGH 4AM. BESIDES THE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD SEE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM.
SES
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
215 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

AT 155 AM...A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH NEW ULM...NORTHFIELD...ZUMBROTA TO SOUTH OF LAKE CITY ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN 35 MILES SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR ALMA AND MONDOVI.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE AREA WAS SLOWLY
SAGGING SOUTH OUT OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT AREAS FROM NEW ULM THROUGH MANKATO TO NEAR OWATONNA AND ROCHESTER
THROUGH 4AM. BESIDES THE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING PERSONS IN THESE AREAS
SHOULD SEE SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM.
SES
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:00 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
300 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

AT 245 AM... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA FROM SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS NEAR SLEEPY EYE AND
NEW ULM THEN THROUGH MANKATO TO OWATONNA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER.

TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE
WHOLE AREA SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH. THE AREA FROM MANKATO THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR
LA CROSSE CAN EXPECT THESE STROMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM.

THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAS CAUSE MUCH LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING AS WELL AS
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM.
SES
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:02 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
300 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993

...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

AT 245 AM... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA FROM SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS NEAR SLEEPY EYE AND
NEW ULM THEN THROUGH MANKATO TO OWATONNA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER.

TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE
WHOLE AREA SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH. THE AREA FROM MANKATO THROUGH ROCHESTER TO NEAR
LA CROSSE CAN EXPECT THESE STROMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM.

THE INTENSE RAINFALL HAS CAUSE MUCH LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING AS WELL AS
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO
DRIVE THROUG`H ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF
MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM.
SES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood61 min
Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine42 min
Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville41 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker46 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi21 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns39 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne54 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville39 min
Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod43 min
Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley118 min
Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRenville117 min
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley2 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood2 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod104 min
Jun 17, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood, Renville113 min
Jun 17, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley113 min
Jun 17, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRice2 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDodge, Rice, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWinona3 hr
Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHouston36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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.