Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2005, 12:25 AM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2005, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2005, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 KMPX 260527 FFWMPX MNC151-260830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1225 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 1225 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 2 INCHES IN THE LAST 3 HOURS...ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN... NEAR BENSON...CLONTARF AND DE GRAF. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BENSON...CLONTARF... DANVERS...DE GRAFF...MURDOCK AND BIG BEND CITY. 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. 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 4517 9596 4515 9526 4540 9526 4539 9580 $$ DWE
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 260707 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 203 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 MNC151-260830- SWIFT MN- 203 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR SWIFT COUNTY... AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN LOCATED NEAR BENSON...BIG BEND CITY...MURDOCK AND KERKHOVEN. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...AND OTHER STORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FROM3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME FLOODING ALONG ROADS NEAR SWIFT FALLS...ALONG THE EAST BRANCH OF THE CHIPPEWA RIVER. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4517 9596 4515 9526 4540 9526 4539 9580 $$ DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 63 min |
| Aug 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Wright | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.