Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2004, 10:40 PM CDT for 4 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
- May 29, 2004, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KMPX 300341
FFWMPX
MNC023-127-129-173-300930-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 1026 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN
OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER WESTERN REDWOOD...SOUTHEAST YELLOW
MEDICINE...WESTERN RENVILLE...AND WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES. MORE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. HEAVY
RAINS LAST NIGHT SATURATED THE GROUND...AND MUCH OF THIS CURRENT
RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS...CAUSING
RAPID RISES IN FAST RESPONSE CREEKS AND STREAMS. LOCALIZED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 4 OR 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM.
* THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING OVER THE WARNED AREA...
RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4483 9464 4458 9480 4433 9500 4429 9551
4514 9568 4513 9529 4486 9524 4485 9495
$$
BINAU1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KMPX 300609
FFSMPX
MNC023-127-129-173-300930-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1259 AM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR REDWOOD...
RENVILLE...YELLOW MEDICINE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM WALNUT GROVE TO REDWOOD FALLS TO HECTOR...IN
THE 3 HOURS BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM. THE RENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS JUST OVER 4 INCHES IN FAIRFAX.
THE RENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED EAST BOUND HIGHWAY
19...JUST ONE HALF MILE EAST OF MORTON...WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD
WATER. THE REDWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND
SANITARY SEWERS IN THE CITY OF REDWOOD FALLS. SOME COUNTY ROADS HAVE
ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS REDWOOD COUNTY AND COUNTY
WORKERS ARE OUT PUTTING BARRICADES IN PLACE TO CLOSE UNSAFE ROADS.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING EAST OF BUFFALO LAKE
AND FAIRFAX...BUT CONTINUED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEPOSIT
ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 1 AM AND 4 AM.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE
TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4483 9464 4458 9480 4433 9500 4429 9551
4514 9568 4513 9529 4486 9524 4485 9495
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 34 min |
| May 30, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 4 hr |
| May 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 23 min |
| May 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.