Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2006, 10:34 PM CDT for Stevens 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
- May 23, 2006, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 240336 FFWMPX MNC149-240730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1034 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 1034 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CHOKIO...DONNELLY MORRIS. 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 4542 9605 4542 9579 4560 9579 4560 9605 $$ DWE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 240456 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1152 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 MNC149-240730- STEVENS MN- 1152 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR STEVENS COUNTY... AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS STEVENS COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...NEAR DONNELLY AND CHOKIO. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A 30 FOOT WIDE SECTION OF A ROADWAY NORTH OF DONNELLY WAS WASHED OUT. IT REMAINS BARRICADE AT THIS HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4543 9620 4542 9579 4573 9581 4573 9619 $$ DWE
000 WGUS73 KMPX 240557 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1255 AM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 MNC149-240605- STEVENS MN- 1255 AM CDT WED MAY 24 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4543 9620 4542 9579 4573 9581 4573 9619 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 61 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 41 min |
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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.