Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2005, 9:09 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 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 24, 2005, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 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 250213
FFWMPX
MNC013-103-165-250815-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
909 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPEATEDLY MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS WATONWAN COUNTY...INCLUDING SAINT JAMES...AND WERE
BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
RAINFALL RATES WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS EXCEED TWO AND ONE
HALF INCHES PER HOUR. STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXCEED
SEVERAL INCHES BEFORE 3 AM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...SAINT
JAMES...MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...AMBOY...BUTTERFIELD...
EAGLE LAKE...GOOD THUNDER...LA SALLE...LAKE CRYSTAL AND LEWISVILLE.
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 4405 9484 4386 9486 4390 9382 4418 9381
4435 9431 4412 9434
$$
RJN2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KMPX 250336
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1032 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
MNC013-103-165-250815-
NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-
1032 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
WATONWAN...BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET COUNTIES...
AT 1032 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WATER FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET DEEP IN AN
UNDERPASS IN SAINT JAMES. ELSEWHERE IN SAINT JAMES...THE WATONWAN
COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THE STREETS WERE FILLING UP WITH WATER...AND
THAT THE STORM DRAINS WERE NOT HANDLING THE HEAVY RAINFALL.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED
AREA... RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MADELIA...MANKATO AND
ST JAMES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4405 9484 4386 9486 4390 9382 4418 9381
4435 9431 4412 9434
$$
RJN000
WGUS73 KMPX 250817
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
313 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
MNC013-103-165-250823-
NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WATONWAN MN-
313 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WATONWAN...BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
WATONWAN...BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 315 AM.
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO MAPLETON...ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THIS
FELL SEVERAL HOURS AGO. STANDING WATER MAY REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF
THE EARLY MORNING IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN
WATONWAN AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING THAT ADDITIONAL
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 4405 9484 4386 9486 4390 9382 4418 9381
4435 9431 4412 9434
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 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.