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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2007, 3:07 AM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 113 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2007, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:14 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Monticello, MN | 22 INCHES OF STANDING WATER IN MONTICELLO. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 639 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KMPX 110807 FFWMPX MNC171-111000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 307 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTH OF PRINCETON TO 26 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUFFALO AND MONTICELLO. 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. LAT...LON 4540 9404 4500 9402 4498 9383 4526 9364 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 62 min |
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.