Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2007, 4:52 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle 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
- Jun 10, 2007, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wnw Bellingham, MN | SOUTHBOUND LANE OF COUNTY ROAD 7 COVERED BY WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 102154 FFWMPX MNC073-102345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 452 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 452 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLINGHAM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORTONVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER GRANT COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA...AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY THIS EVENING. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. EXPECT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 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. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4526 9644 4506 9644 4504 9593 4518 9609 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KMPX 102240 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 537 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 MNC073-102345- LAC QUI PARLE MN- 537 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY... AT 537 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OVER BELLINGHAM...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF MADISON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER GRANT COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH...TOWARD THE WARNED AREA. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED THAT 3.3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED 4 MILES NORTH OF ROSEN...AND THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF AN INTERSECTION...ALSO 4 MILES NORTH OF ROSEN...WAS COVERED IN WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS...MAINLY OVER AREAS TO THE WEST OF BELLINGHAM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LOUISBURG AND CERRO GORDO. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4526 9644 4506 9644 4504 9593 4518 9609 $$ KAT
000 WGUS73 KMPX 102351 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 651 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 MNC073-110001- LAC QUI PARLE MN- 651 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA...AND THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE PUSHED EAST OF THE LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4526 9644 4506 9644 4504 9593 4518 9609 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 20 min |
| Jun 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 23 min |
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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.