Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2006, 9:22 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 1, 2006, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2006, 12:15 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 radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Blue Earth, MN | STREET FLOODING. WATER FLOWING INTO SOME BASEMENTS. |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 020226 FFWMPX MNC043-047-091-020515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 922 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 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 1215 AM CDT * AT 922 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH AND WELLS. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE FAIRMONT AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM IOWA AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH ALBERT LEA AND CLARKS GROVE BY 10 PM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN... BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE AND WINNEBAGO. 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. 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. LAT...LON 4352 9467 4354 9331 4379 9326 4382 9467 $$ BAP
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 020433 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1129 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 MNC043-047-091-020515- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-MARTIN MN- 1129 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 1129 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF IOWA BORDER. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT THE FLOODING WHICH WAS EARLIER REPORTED IN FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH HAD SUBSIDED. RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN FROM THE CEYLON AREA TO JUST SOUTH OF FAIRMONT AND THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN BLUE EARTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT REMAIN IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE... ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CEYLON...CLARKS GROVE AND CONGER. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4352 9467 4354 9331 4379 9326 4382 9467 $$ BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.