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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2005Sherburne County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2005, 8:37 PM CDT for Sherburne 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
Sep 21, 2005, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sherburne County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 64 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2043 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 220139
FFWMPX
MNC141-220430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
837 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE      
  HEAVIEST RAIN WERE MOVING BACK INTO SHERBURNE COUNTY FROM WRIGHT   
  COUNTY. SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2.5 INCHES  
  OF RAIN SINCE 5 PM...AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE     
  FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BIG LAKE...ELK       
  RIVER AND ZIMMERMAN.

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 4540 9394 4525 9356 4553 9353 4548 9381

$$
RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey53 min
Sep 21, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin52 min
Sep 21, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRamsey44 min
Sep 21, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington53 min
Sep 21, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago58 min
Sep 21, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWashington27 min
Sep 21, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRamsey, Washington3 hr
Sep 21, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin3 hr
Sep 21, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka3 hr
Sep 21, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey63 min
Sep 21, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright67 min
Sep 21, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington64 min
Sep 21, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin22 min
Sep 21, 8:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWright3 hr
Sep 21, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin39 min
Sep 21, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker63 min
Sep 21, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod35 min
Sep 21, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver33 min
Sep 21, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott25 min
Sep 21, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota41 min
Sep 21, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.