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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2005Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2005, 6:25 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 3, 2005, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 9:30 PM 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 6:25 PM CDTFLASH FLOODHoldingford, MNSTREET FLOODING
Sep 3, 6:55 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFreeport, MNSTREET FLOODING

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 032331
FFWMPX
MNC145-040230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS CONTINUED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY  
  RAIN ACROSS EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY FROM HOLDINGFORD TO ST. CLOUD.  
  OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY AROUND      
  SAUK CENTRE AND MELROSE.  AT 625 PM STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED
  IN HOLDINGFORD.

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER TODAY
  IN THE SAUK CENTRE AREA TO MELROSE TO ST. ROSA TO THE              
  HOLDINGFORD AREA.  

  EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE     
  WARNED AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH
  FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBANY...COLD
  SPRING...FREEPORT...GREENWALD...HOLDINGFORD...MEIRE GROVE AND
  MELROSE.

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 4549 9496 4535 9426 4575 9433 4573 9493

$$

BAP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi48 min
Sep 3, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker31 min
Sep 3, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStearns4 hr
Sep 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas62 min
Sep 3, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi39 min
Sep 3, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker23 min
Sep 3, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker39 min
Sep 3, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright62 min
Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns62 min
Sep 3, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver56 min
Sep 3, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley55 min
Sep 3, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin51 min
Sep 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd60 min
Sep 3, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott54 min
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur46 min
Sep 3, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice54 min
Sep 3, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Steele54 min
Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns65 min
Sep 3, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns64 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.