Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2006, 12:34 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 10, 2006, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2006, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Owatonna, MN | OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTAL OF 6.30 INCHES. FLOODED ROADS REPORTED IN TOWN. |
| Jun 10, 1:23 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Owatonna, MN | EVACUATION NEEDED AT HOTEL DUE TO RISING WATER. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 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 100540 FFWMPX MNC013-147-161-100930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1234 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 1234 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 1130 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON INTERSTATE 35 IN STEELE COUNTY. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP AND PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GOOD THUNDER... JANESVILLE...LAKE CRYSTAL...MAPLETON...NEW RICHLAND...OWATONNA AND PEMBERTON. 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 4390 9431 4387 9308 4412 9308 4412 9433 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 100615 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 111 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 MNC013-147-161-100930- BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN- 111 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR STEELE...WASECA AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES... AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM BIXBY...TO WALDORF...TO GOOD THUNDER...TO LAKE CRYSTAL. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH. AS OF 1 AM...THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTED THAT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD CLOSED PART OF HIGHWAY 14 IN STEELE COUNTY. ALSO...WATER WAS RUNNING ACROSS PART OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35 NEAR OWATONNA. ALSO AS OF 1 AM...THE STATE PATROL REPORTED THAT A MUD SLIDE HAD OCCURRED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF MANKATO. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4390 9431 4387 9308 4412 9308 4412 9433 $$ RJN
000 WGUS73 KMPX 100816 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 MNC013-147-161-100930- BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN- 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR STEELE...WASECA AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES... AT 311 AM CDT... THE STEELE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREETS UNDER WATER IN THE CITY OF OWATONNA. A HOTEL WAS BEING EVACUATED. THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED THAT 4.40 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN OWATONNA SINCE 10 PM. THE WASECA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT STANDING WATER IN THE COUNTY WAS GRADUALLY RECEDING. THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL HAD RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF ADDITIONAL MUD SLIDES IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY. THE RAINFALL IN STEELE...WASECA...AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH 430 AM. 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 4390 9431 4387 9308 4412 9308 4412 9433 $$ RJN
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.