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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT for Stearns 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, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 260802
FFWMPX
MNC145-261100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 300 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE
OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...
ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE CROW RIVER...NEAR PADUA. ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 6 AM...PRODUCING
ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBANY...AVON...
BROOTEN...PADUA...COLD SPRING...ELROSA...FREEPORT AND GREENWALD.
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 4543 9513 4542 9476 4534 9473 4530 9426
4553 9427 4576 9429 4576 9511
$$
DWEThe 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, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Swift | 3 hr |
| 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, 3:09 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.