Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2007, 2:48 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 19, 2007, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2007, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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 19, 4:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wells, MN | COUPLE OF STREETS UNDER 2 FEET OF 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 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 190752 FFWMPX MNC043-047-191345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 248 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 248 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE NEAR WELLS AND HARTLAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED BY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN THE LAST 24 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS REMAIN HIGH...1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUNOFF AND CAUSE FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...ALDEN... BLUE EARTH...CLARKS GROVE...GENEVA...GLENVILLE AND MINNESOTA LAKE. 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. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422 $$ DWE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 191027 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 MNC043-047-191345- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 523 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 523 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUE TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS MOVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR BLUE EARTH TO ALBERT LEA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FLOODING OF ROAD AND SMALL STREAMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME ROADS FLOODED IN WELLS JUST BEFORE 5 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JUST ONE FOOT OF RUSHING WATER CAN SWEEP MOST VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422 $$ DWE
000 WGUS73 KMPX 191323 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 823 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 MNC043-047-191333- FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 823 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4351 9424 4352 9306 4384 9307 4384 9422 $$ DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Renville | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault | 115 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.