Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2006, 5:21 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Jul 13, 2006, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Sw Appleton, MN | 3.42 INCHES OF RAIN TOTAL. 3 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.42 | 7 Sw Appleton, MN | 3.42 INCHES OF RAIN TOTAL. 3 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 132227
FFWMPX
MNC023-073-151-140115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WERE AROUND THE APPLETON...MADISON...MILAN...
HOLLOWAY...AND CORRELL AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY
LITTLE MOVEMENT. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM OVER THE WARNED. EXPECT
ADDTIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
IN THE WARNED AREA UNTIL AT LEAST 7 PM. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO
REPORTED IN APPLETON AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 119 AND 59.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLETON...MADISON
MILAN...HOLLOWAY...CORRELL.
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.
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 4517 9637 4491 9611 4539 9560 4540 9605
4518 9608
$$
BAP1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KMPX 140011
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
704 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
MNC023-073-151-140115-
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
704 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND SWIFT COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
AT 704 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A NEW AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING DOWN THE MINNESOTA RIVER INTO THE
APPLETON...CORRELL...HOLLOWAY AND MILAN AREAS. THESE STORMS COULD
PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM. THIS
RAIN WILL FOLLOW RAINS OF AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES WHICH FELL AROUND
APPLETON ...LOUISBURG AND MILAN EARLIER THIS EVENING.
CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT STREET FLOODING HAD
ABATED IN APPLETON AND MILAN. HOWEVER...THIS NEXT ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN CAUSE FLOODED STREETS AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER
CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND
PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4517 9637 4491 9611 4539 9560 4540 9605
4518 9608
$$
LSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:53 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 34 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.