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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 24, 2005Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2005, 11:06 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin 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 24, 2005, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 250408
FFWMPX
MNC043-047-091-250700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1106 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1106 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 
  WILL CONTINUE TO REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...
  BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CLARKS GROVE...CONGER AND DELAVAN.

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 4380 9483 4353 9485 4353 9310 4382 9315

$$
RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan6 hr
Sep 24, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSteele, Waseca6 hr
Sep 24, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice6 hr
Sep 25, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Martin3 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.