Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2006
Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Sep 1, 2006, 1:51 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 1, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2006, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2006, 8:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KMPX 011851 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 151 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN NORTHWARD ALONG THE FRONT FROM CANBY TO ALEXANDRIA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. THE AREA FROM CANBY TO ALEXANDRIA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 1 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY WITH THE GROUND BECOMING SATURATED IN MANY AREAS. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-020300- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0002.060901T1900Z-060902T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 151 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FROM CANBY ON NORTHWARD TO ALEXANDRIA. HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. * FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO BE AT RISK FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMPX 020246 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 946 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF RAIN WILL BE EXPANDING IN COVERAGE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED SPOTS RECEIVING UP TO 2 INCHES. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE FROM IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH...OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-021100- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-060902T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 946 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FROM CANBY ON NORTHWARD TO ALEXANDRIA. * FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO BE AT RISK FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JPR
000 WGUS63 KMPX 020853 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .AN AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PUSHING INTO FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS SATURDAY MORNING...HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF DECREASING ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS ON LOOPS OF SATELLITE IMAGERY. CONSEQUENTLY...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 4 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH ABOUT 10 AM CDT. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY VERY WELL SET OFF SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN TOTALS OVERNIGHT. THE RAINFALL IS BEING CAUSED BY A SLOW MOVING CUTOFF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS MORE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE COLD SEASON THAN EARLY SEPTEMBER. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-021700- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-060902T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 353 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY * SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE FROM 4 AM CDT THROUGH NOON TODAY FROM CANBY ON NORTHWARD TO ALEXANDRIA. * FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO BE AT RISK FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS AND UNDER PASSES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 021344 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 844 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-021445- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-060902T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 844 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE LIGHT AND ON THE ORDER OF A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ RAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 4 hr |
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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.