Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2006, 11:54 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 1, 2006, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2006, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 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 04:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 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 020456 FFWMPX MNC043-047-091-020715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1154 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 215 AM CDT * AT 1154 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. OTHER STORMS IN NORTHERN IOWA WERE SLOWLY LIFTING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING INCLUDING FAIRMONT AND BLUE EARTH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN... BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...FAIRMONT 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 $$ BAP
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 020635 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 135 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006 MNC043-047-091-020715- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-MARTIN MN- 135 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR MARTIN...FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MODERATE RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE I-90 CORRIDOR OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUPPORT WILL REMAIN FOR THIS TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH 500 AM. ACCORDING TO OBSERVATIONS AND MULTIPLE RADAR ESTIMATES...THIS AREA HAS SEEN TWO AND A HALF TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES SINCE 700 PM. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS RECEDING WATERS IN EARLIER FLOODED AREAS. HOWEVER...RURAL LOW-LYING AREAS OR LOCALES NEAR HIGH CREEKS MAY STILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR. SOME LOCAL STREAMS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAIN OVER THEIR WATERSHEDS INCLUDE...THE EAST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER...BADGER CREEK...SOUTH CREEK...THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...AND GOOSE CREEK. SOME COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN...BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN...CEYLON...CLARKS GROVE AND CONGER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4352 9467 4354 9331 4379 9326 4382 9467 $$ MTF
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, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 3 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.