Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2006, 7:55 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Jun 16, 2006, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Minneapolis, MN | MANHOLE COVERS BLOWN AND WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS NEAR AND AT 9TH AND MARQUETTE STREETS |
| Jun 16, 8:42 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Osseo, MN | FLOODED ROADS IN TOWN. |
| Jun 16, 9:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | St Paul, MN | ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 170055 FFWMPX MNC003-053-123-170645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 755 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 750 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SOME STORMS HAD ALREADY MOVED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TWIN CITIES AREA...AND MORE STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE METRO THROUGH 10 OR 11 PM. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE INCOMING STORMS... AND THE WATERS MAY NOT GO DOWN UNTIL A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MINNEAPOLIS... ST PAUL... COLUMBIA HEIGHTS... ROSEVILLE... EDINA... COON RAPIDS...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN CENTER...AND MAPLEWOOD. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. LAT...LON 4505 9371 4480 9336 4495 9305 4528 9304 $$ TDK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170234 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 930 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC003-053-123-170645- ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN- 930 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR RAMSEY...HENNEPIN AND ANOKA COUNTIES... AT 930 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS IN THE TOWN OF OSSEO IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. AT 930 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH ANOKA...HENNEPIN...AND RAMSEY COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WILL ALSO MOVE TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TOWARD MIDNIGHT...WHICH COULD ALSO WORSEN THE FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4505 9371 4480 9336 4495 9305 4528 9304 $$ KAT
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170346 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1046 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC003-053-123-170356- ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN- 1046 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RAMSEY...HENNEPIN AND ANOKA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 4505 9371 4480 9336 4495 9305 4528 9304 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.