Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1993, 1:37 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sibley County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 170637 FFWMSP MNC129-143-127-170830- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 137 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY...SIBLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...REDWOOD COUNTY AT 135 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS REDWOOD...SOUTHERN RENVILLE AND ALL OF SIBLEY COUNTY. AT 120 AM...THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED MOBILE HOMES BEING SWEPT AWAY IN THE MORTON AREA...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE...MORGAN...LAMBERTON AND WALNUT GROVE IN REDWOOD COUNTY...FAIRFAX IN RENVILLE COUNTY AND GIBBON...GAYLORD AND HENDERSON IN SIBLEY COUNTY. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU SHOULD KNOW THE LOCATION OF NEARBY STREAMS OR CREEKS...SINCE THEY CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND. DO NOT TRY TO WALK THROUGH MOVING WATER THAT IS ABOVE YOUR KNEES...YOU MAY LOSE YOUR BALANCE AND BE SWEPT AWAY. 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. JPR/DWE &
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 16, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MNZ014-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1148 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KANDIYOHI AND MEEKER COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 100 AM... AT 1145 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED FROM NEAR ST CLOUD SOUTH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD IN MEEKER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PEOPLE IN MEEKER...SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES CAN EXPECTED THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE UNTIL 200 AM. HAYS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MNZ014-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1148 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KANDIYOHI AND MEEKER COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 100 AM... AT 1145 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED FROM NEAR ST CLOUD SOUTH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD IN MEEKER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THAT CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PEOPLE IN MEEKER...SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES CAN EXPECTED THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE UNTIL 200 AM. HAYS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1159 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE SEVEN COUNTY TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 1 AM... ...TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS A PART OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1150 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...PEA SIZE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING MOVING ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA OF SOUTHWEST...INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LINE OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM THE SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA CORNER NEAR PIPESTONE AND MARSHALL... TOWARD REDWOOD FALLS...GLENCOE AND THE TWIN CITIES AND AS FAR EAST INTO WISCONSIN AS EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN RANGING IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING CAUSING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN MINNESTA. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1159 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE SEVEN COU
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:55 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1255 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE SEVEN COUNTY TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 1 AM... ...TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS A PART OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1240 AM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH EXTENDED FROM REDWOOD FALLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WEST SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES THEN DOWN TO NEAR OWATONNA AND RED WING. THE BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UP THROUGH PLUM CITY TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING RECEIVED. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE SOUTH TWIN CITIES METRO AREA EXTENDING OVER TO EAU CLAIRE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 3AM. 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, 12:58 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
MNZ015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1255 AM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ALL OF THE SEVEN COUNTY TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA UNTIL 1 AM... ...TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS A PART OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1240 AM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH EXTENDED FROM REDWOOD FALLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WEST SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES THEN DOWN TO NEAR OWATONNA AND RED WING. THE BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UP THROUGH PLUM CITY TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING RECEIVED. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT MUCH OF THE SOUTH TWIN CITIES METRO AREA EXTENDING OVER TO EAU CLAIRE IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 3AM. PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THRO8UGH 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sibley | 118 min |
| Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Renville | 117 min |
| Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sibley | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod | 104 min |
| Jun 17, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 113 min |
| Jun 17, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Wabasha | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Rice | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dodge, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Winona | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston | 36 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.