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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 1993Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 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 292324
FFWRST
MNC043-047-300015-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA
ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY...FREEBORN COUNTY
           

AT 615 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS
EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE BRICELYN...WELLS...ALDEN AND
ALBERT LEA. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL STRIKE THE ALBERT LEA AREA BETWEEN
630 AND 7 PM.
            


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine64 min
Jun 29, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin38 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMartin33 min
Jun 29, 6:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSteele, Waseca61 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.