Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2002, 8:54 AM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2002, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KMPX 101354
FFWMSP
MNC003-009-019-025-037-053-059-065-085-093-095-097-123-139-141-143-
145-163-171-101945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 848 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* BETWEEN 245 AM AND 845 AM CDT...RAIN AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 5
INCHES HAVE FALLEN FROM THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA
NORTHWARD THROUGH KANBEC AND MORRISON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4593 9287 4462 9290 4461 9355 4453 9416
4554 9481 4604 9431
$$
NAISTATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.