Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2007, 9:16 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 19, 2007, 9:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2007, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2007, 9:21 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blue Earth County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 200221 FFWMPX MNC013-200415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 916 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 1115 PM CDT * AT 916 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. REPORTS OF AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM MAPLETON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE MORE RAINFALL ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. BE AWARE OF QUICK RISES ON LOCAL STREAMS OR RIVERS...INCLUDING THE COBB RIVER. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MAPLETON. 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. 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 4385 9429 4385 9378 4397 9378 4397 9428 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 200306 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1005 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 MNC013-200415- BLUE EARTH MN- 1005 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY... AT 1005 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM JUST EAST OF LAKE CRYSTAL TO GOOD THUNDER AND MOVING EAST. RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING OVER THE MAPLETON AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IN THE MEANTIME...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF BLUE EARTH COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GOOD THUNDER...MAPLETON AND ST CLAIR. 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. 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 4386 9411 4385 9378 4410 9379 4410 9410 $$ MDB/MTF
000 WGUS73 KMPX 200415 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1114 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 MNC013-200422- BLUE EARTH MN- 1114 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...AS WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4386 9411 4385 9378 4410 9379 4410 9410 $$ LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.