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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 22, 19984 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 1998, 9:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1998, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1998, 11:20 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 1998-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2973 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
2973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.3
Supercell composite
21.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 230216
FFWMSP
MNC019-037-053-139-230410-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
MSPFFWMSP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A

* MSPFFWMSP FOR...
  EASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  EXTREME SOUTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  
* UNTIL 1120 PM CDT

* AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR CHANHASSEN...TO
  BLOOMINGTON...SAVAGE AND BURNSVILLE...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
  TO 20 MILES SOUHTEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* DOPPLER RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL RATES IN THE 1 TO 2 INCHES
  AN HOUR RANGE OVER EASTERN CARVER...NORTHERN SCOTT...EXTREME
  SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND MUCH OF DAKOTA COUNTY THIS EVENING.  SINCE
  6 PM...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin65 min
Aug 22, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott63 min
Aug 22, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Scott30 min
Aug 22, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington45 min
Aug 22, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver45 min
Aug 22, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota65 min
Aug 22, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue51 min
Aug 22, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott63 min
Aug 22, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXScott69 min
Aug 23, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle45 min
Aug 23, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift42 min
Aug 23, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi58 min
Aug 23, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine35 min
Aug 23, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift16 min
Aug 23, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker60 min
Aug 23, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.