Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2006, 7:20 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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 16, 2006, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2006, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 16, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | St Peter, MN | STREET FLOODING ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN BETWEEN STATE HWY 159 AND THE MINNESOTA RIVER. |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Le Sueur, MN | 6 INCH WATER ON ROADS. GRAVEL WASHED OUT OF PARKING LOTS. |
| Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eagle Lake, MN | STREETS FLOODED IN TOWN. ON AT LEAST ONE STREET WATER WAS UP TO DOOR ON POLICE CAR. IN NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLUE EARTH COUNTY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER SPILLING ONTO ROADS FROM FLOODED DITCHES. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 170020 FFWMPX MNC013-079-103-170615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT SATURDAY * AT 713 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL STORMS HAD ALREADY MOVED ACROSS THE MANKATO AREA...AND MORE STORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10 OR 11 PM. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THE INCOMING STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...AND THE WATERS MAY NOT GO DOWN UNTIL 115 AM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MANKATO... NORTH MANKATO... ST PETER... AMBOY... CLEVELAND... EAGLE LAKE... GOOD THUNDER...KASOTA...LAKE CRYSTAL AND LE CENTER. WATCH OUT FOR MUD SLIDES AROUND THE HILLS OF MANKATO AND NORTH MANKATO. ALSO WATCH OUT FOR HIGH WATER ACROSS ROADS. AS NIGHT FALLS...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS...AS 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. LAT...LON 4388 9436 4387 9382 4450 9368 4443 9432 $$ TDK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170228 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 924 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 MNC013-079-103-170615- LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 924 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR BLUE EARTH...NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES.. AT 848 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED STREETS IN THE TOWN OF EAGLE LAKE IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY...IN ADDITION TO FLOODED DITCHES. AT 924 PM CDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH...NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WERE APPROACHING THE AREA. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4388 9436 4387 9382 4450 9368 4443 9432 $$ KAT
000 WGUS73 KMPX 170619 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 115 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 MNC013-079-103-170645- LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 115 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BLUE EARTH...NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AT 110 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WHICH HAD BEGAN FRIDAY EVENING HAD SINCE SUBSIDED. REMAIN CAUTIOUS FOR POTENTIAL WATER STILL STANDING OVER LOW LYING ROADWAYS...NAMELY IN RURAL AREAS AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER WATER...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 4388 9436 4387 9382 4450 9368 4443 9432 $$ MTF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 5 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.