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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2007, 6:19 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 116 min. 3 reports 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
- May 19, 2007, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blue Earth County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:43 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Mapleton, MN | MAPLETON POLICE REPORT SEVERE STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT TOWN |
| May 19, 7:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mapleton, MN | MULTIPLE SIDE STREETS FLOODED..A FEW STALLED CARS. DRAINAGE DITCFHES OUTSIDE TOWN OVER BANKS |
| May 19, 7:14 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Mapleton, MN | 3.1 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON |
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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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 192320 FFWMPX MNC013-200115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 619 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 619 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. EXPECT ADDTIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ONE HOUR SINCE ABOUT 515 PM. . A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4385 9429 4385 9378 4397 9378 4397 9428 $$ MB
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KMPX 200022 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 MNC013-200115- BLUE EARTH MN- 720 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY... AT 720 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. SPOTTERS AND MULTIPLE DOPPLER RADARS HAVE ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 500 PM IN MAPLETON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AMBOY AND VERNON CENTER. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4385 9429 4385 9378 4397 9378 4397 9428 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 57 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 43 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.