Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Aug 18, 2007, 3:52 AM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin; 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Aug 18, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2007, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Pepin County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KMPX 180922 CCA FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 352 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... .A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT...OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA...WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS PACIFIC MOISTURE GETS DRAWN NORTH OF THE FRONT TODAY. RAINFALL RATES COULD RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. DUE TO RECENT RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...THE TOP SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MANKATO...OWATONNA...WASECA ..ALBERT LEA AND FARIBAULT AREAS. CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MNZ074>077-082>085-091>093-181700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.070818T0900Z-070819T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 352 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE... STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * THROUGH 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT...OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA...WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS PACIFIC MOISTURE GETS DRAWN NORTH OF THE FRONT TODAY. RAINFALL RATES COULD RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. * DUE TO RECENT RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...THE TOP SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MANKATO...OWATONNA...WASECA...ALBERT LEA AND FARIBAULT AREAS. * CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMPX 181709 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1209 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING... .A SLOWLY NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY WILL HELP TO FOCUS MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES HAVE AT TIMES ALREADY TODAY AND COULD CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED BY RADAR THIS MORNING FROM SPRINGFIELD SOUTHEAST TO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. DUE TO RECENT RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...THE TOP SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME STREAM BASINS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS THUS FAR TODAY INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...BRUSH CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...AND LIME CREEK. CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MNZ074>077-082>085-091>093-190000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070819T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1209 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * A SLOWLY NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY WILL HELP TO FOCUS MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES HAVE AT TIMES ALREADY TODAY AND COULD CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED BY RADAR THIS MORNING FROM SPRINGFIELD SOUTHEAST TO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * DUE TO RECENT RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...THE TOP SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME STREAM BASINS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS THUS FAR TODAY INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...BRUSH CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...AND LIME CREEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 181950 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 250 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EXTENDED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING... .A WARM FRONT...LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA...WILL HELP TO GENERATE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITHIN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED BY RADAR THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM SPRINGFIELD ON SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. THE RAIN TODAY...IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...HAVE MOISTENED THE TOP SOIL. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME STREAM BASINS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR TODAY INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...BRUSH CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...AND LIME CREEK. CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MNZ074>077-082>085-091>093-190400- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070819T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 250 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A WARM FRONT OVER IOWA WILL HELP TO FOCUS MOISTURE AND LIFT FOR MORE SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES TODAY HAVE BEEN UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY WITHIN THE EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. RAINFALL OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED BY RADAR THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN IN THE ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCH RANGE FROM SPRINGFIELD ON SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * THE RAIN TODAY...IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK...HAVE MOISTENED THE TOP SOIL. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME STREAM BASINS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR TODAY INCLUDE THE EAST BRANCH OF THE BLUE EARTH RIVER...BRUSH CREEK...GOOSE CREEK...AND LIME CREEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. $$ RAH
000 WGUS63 KMPX 190146 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 846 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A WARM FRONT...LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MINNESOTA...WILL HELP TO PRODUCE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT...AS WELL AS THE DURAND WISCONSIN AREA. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE... RESULTING IN SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST TWO OR THREE HOURS. A LARGE BATCH OF STORMS DEVELOPED SATURDAY EVENING... FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ACROSS TO RED WING AND DURAND. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STORMS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SLIDE A BIT SOUTHWARD...THEREBY HELPING KEEP RAIN AMOUNTS FROM BECOMING EXCESSIVE IN THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS CANNON FALLS...ZUMBROTA...RED WING...PEPIN AND DURAND FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED INTO GOODHUE AND PEPIN COUNTIES. MORE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN TOTALS DURING THE DAY WERE ONE TO THREE INCHES IN MANY AREAS. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. MNZ078-WIZ026-190900- /O.EXA.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070819T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...DURAND...PEPIN 846 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... PEPIN. * UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY * LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A WARM FRONT OVER NORTHERN IOWA...WILL HELP TO FOCUS MORE HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS COMMON DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. $$ MNZ074>077-082>085-091>093-190900- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070819T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 846 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN... LE SUEUR... MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY * LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A WARM FRONT OVER NORTHERN IOWA...WILL HELP TO FOCUS MORE HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS COMMON DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RAPID RISES ALONG SOME MINOR RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. $$ TDK
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.