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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 252329 FFWMPX MNC043-047-260130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 627 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 2 MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN... CONGER...GLENVILLE...HAYWARD...HOLLANDALE AND KIESTER. 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 4351 9381 4352 9309 4377 9307 4372 9384 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 260023 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 717 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC043-047-260130- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 717 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 717 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM OVER SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST FREEBORN COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME FLOODING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY...AND A FEW CARS HAVE STALLED IN HIGH WATER. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE PASSED EAST OF THE AREA... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTY...RESULTING IN MORE RAINFALL AND CONTINUED FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...FROST...KIESTER...GLENVILLE...AND CONGER. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4351 9381 4352 9309 4377 9307 4372 9384 $$ JPR
000 WGUS73 KMPX 260137 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 835 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC043-047-260145- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 835 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED. THERE WERE REPORTS OF STALLED CARS AND CARS OFF THE ROAD...AROUND ALBERT LEA...BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM. LAT...LON 4351 9381 4352 9309 4377 9307 4372 9384 $$ JPR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 65 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.