Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2005, 12:04 AM CDT for Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2005, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cottonwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Windom, MN | PERKINS CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IS CONTINUING TO RISE. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS ARE UNDERWATER. INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 60 AND 71 HAS THREE FEET OF STANDING WATER WITH CARS STALLED OUT. WIDESPREAD BASEMENT FLOODING AND GARAGES ARE FLOODED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KFSD 250506
FFWFSD
MNC033-250900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1204 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1202 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WINDOM REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IN WINDOM.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA CREATING
THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 4418 9545 4384 9548 4385 9489 4410 9485
4410 9509 4418 9512
$$
BT2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KFSD 250536
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1231 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MNC033-250900-
COTTONWOOD MN-
1231 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
COTTONWOOD COUNTY...
AT 1220 AM CDT...FIRE AND RESCUE REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN
WINDOM. PERKINS CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND IS CONTINUING TO
RISE. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN ARE UNDERWATER...STALLING OUT
CARS. SEVERAL BASEMENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED...AND GARAGES
HAVE BEEN FLOODED OUT.
ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA CREATING
ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4418 9545 4384 9548 4385 9489 4410 9485
4410 9509 4418 9512
$$
BT000
WGUS73 KFSD 250851
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
351 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MNC033-250901-
COTTONWOOD MN-
351 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS HAS DIMISHED...AND WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING IS NO EXPECTED. HOWEVER...FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS
IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS OVER NIGHT RAINS RUN OFF INTO THE
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 4418 9545 4384 9548 4385 9489 4410 9485
4410 9509 4418 9512
$$
CJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 28 min |
| Sep 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Nobles | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Jackson | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.