Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2006, 8:20 PM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 16, 2006, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 170122 FFWMPX MNC139-170645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 820 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 819 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SOME STORMS HAD ALREADY MOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN METRO...INCLUDING SHAKOPEE AND JORDAN... AND MORE STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SCOTT COUNTY 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...JORDAN... NEW MARKET...PRIOR LAKE...SAVAGE...AND SHAKOPEE. 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 4455 9384 4455 9334 4477 9334 4479 9353 $$ TDK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170237 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 935 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC139-170645- SCOTT MN- 935 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR SCOTT COUNTY... AT 935 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUED...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF SCOTT COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WERE ALSO APPROACHING THE AREA. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4455 9384 4455 9334 4477 9334 4479 9353 $$ KAT
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170344 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1042 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC139-170352- SCOTT MN- 1042 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTT COUNTY 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 4455 9384 4455 9334 4477 9334 4479 9353 $$ 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, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.