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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 20075 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2007, 2:47 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 28, 2007, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2007, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 3:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODNew Brighton, MNMOVING WATER IN CULDESAC.
Aug 28, 3:10 AM CDTFLASH FLOODMinneapolis, MNWATER UP TO CAR DOORS ON 34TH AND PENN AVE. S.

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 14 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 280748
FFWMPX
MNC019-037-053-123-139-281045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 247 AM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 
AT 40 MPH. AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN LESS THAN AN 
HOUR...WHICH WILL LEAD TO VERY RAPID FLOODING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...APPLE 
VALLEY...ARDEN  HILLS...BLOOMINGTON...BURNSVILLE...CHANHASSEN... 
CHASKA...EAGAN...MINNEAPOLIS...AND SAINT PAUL.

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 4470 9367 4505 9371 4510 9301 4473 9303

$$

KAT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec23 min
Aug 27, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd28 min
Aug 28, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine61 min
Aug 28, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright51 min
Aug 28, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley56 min
Aug 28, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago53 min
Aug 28, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott62 min
Aug 28, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver40 min
Aug 28, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott3 hr
Aug 28, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington51 min
Aug 28, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota19 min
Aug 28, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice46 min
Aug 28, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 min
Aug 28, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 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.