Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2006, 6:58 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 1, 2006, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 011159 FFWMPX MNC023-073-173-011600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 658 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 658 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DUMP ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAINFALL. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANBY...MADISON AND MONTEVIDEO. 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. LAT...LON 4507 9632 4466 9631 4469 9556 4511 9556 $$ RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 011450 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 949 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 MNC023-073-173-011455- LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 949 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE...CHIPPEWA AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 945 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUED TO DIMINISH. A CHECK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE THREE COUNTY AREA INDICATED THAT NO FLOODING WAS BEING OBSERVED. THE STREET FLOODING REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE CITY OF CANBY HAD RECEDED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE...CHIPPEWA AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4507 9632 4466 9631 4469 9556 4511 9556 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:51 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.