Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2004, 6:49 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, 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
- Sep 14, 2004, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2004, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 142354 FFWMPX MNC043-047-091-150545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 649 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 649 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 3 MILES SOUTH OF MATAWAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS FROM FAIRMONT TO WELLS. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN... BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CLARKS GROVE...CONGER AND DELAVAN. 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. LAT...LON 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 150108 FFSMPX MNC043-047-091-150545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 801 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ALSO SUGGESTS THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF FARIBAULT COUNTY SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN BEGAN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR FROM BLUE EARTH...TO WELLS AND CLARKS GROVE THROUGH 930 PM. ALSO...EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OUT OF IOWA TOWARD FAIRMONT ...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312 $$ JPR
000 WGUS73 KMPX 150137 FFSMPX MNC043-047-091-150320- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 828 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM FOR MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 820 PM 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED SINCE NOON FROM A RADIO STATION IN ALBERT LEA WITH HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING. MOST OF THIS RAIN OCCURRED SINCE 6 PM. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION AT THIS SITE SINCE MIDNIGHT TOTALED 3.10 INCHES. AN UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL OBSERVATION FROM THE PUBLIC AT A SITE 5 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL OVER FLOWED THE RAIN GAUGE. FLOODING IS IMMINENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARTIN...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES THIS EVENING DUE TO STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH OUT OF IOWA AND ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312 $$
000 WGUS73 KMPX 150309 FFSMPX MNC043-047-091-150545- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1003 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 1003 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 6 PM...ACROSS THE EASTERN PARTS OF FARIBAULT AND MUCH OF FREEBORN COUNTY. LESSER AMOUNT HAVE FALLEN IN MARTIN COUNTY. THE MOST RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN AN AREA FROM ALBERT LEA...TO HOLLANDALE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LOTS OF STREET FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING OCCASIONAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS...CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM IOWA ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE QUITE LIKELY INTO THE EARLY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4382 9444 4354 9447 4355 9311 4383 9312 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 55 min |
| Sep 13, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 52 min |
| Sep 13, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 65 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.