Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2004, 5:41 AM CDT for Waseca County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2004, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2004, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 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 011043 FFWMPX MNC161-011245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 541 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 745 AM CDT * AT 541 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NEAR JANESVILLE SOUTH TO ALBERT LEA...HOWEVER RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS WASECA COUNTY SINCE 4 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ELYSIAN... JANESVILLE...WALDORF...WASECA AND OTISCO. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. LAT...LON 4419 9343 4420 9378 4388 9374 4386 9342 $$ MBK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 011200 FFSMPX MNC161-011245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR WASECA COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 645 AM SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND SOUTH OF WASECA COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WASECA COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM. HENCE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR WASECA COUNTY UNTIL 745 AM. SO FAR NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. A SHERIFF HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO INSPECT ROADWAYS AROUND WALDORF...OTISCO...ALMA CITY AND NEW RICHLAND. MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4419 9343 4420 9378 4386 9376 4386 9342 $$ MBK
000 WGUS73 KMPX 011224 AAA FFSMPX MNC161-011245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEW INFORMATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 AM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR WASECA COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR AT 720 AM SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO PUSH BACK INTO WASECA COUNTY FROM AROUND MANKATO AND MAPLETON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN TWO TENTHS AND FIVE TENTHS OF AN INCH. EARLIER THIS MORNING BETWEEN 4 AND 6 AM...HEAVY RAINFALL DEPOSITED 2 TO OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. WASECA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FIELD AND LOWLAND FLOODING AROUND THE TOWN OF NEW RICHLAND...AND A SMALL CREEK HAS OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS ONTO THE BALL FIELD IN NEW RICHLAND. HOWEVER RADAR ESTIMATES THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN NORTHWEST OF NEW RICHLAND FROM NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 TO OTISCO...STRETCHING NORTHWEST TOWARD ALMA CITY AND ST. MARY. JUST OVER 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS IN THESE PARTS OF THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4419 9343 4420 9378 4386 9376 4386 9342 $$ MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Jul 31, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 31, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 8:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 13 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 50 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.