Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 19, 2007, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 19, 2007, 9:00 AM CDT

Expired

Aug 20, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

16 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, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 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.

000 
WGUS63 KMPX 191353
FFAMPX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
853 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...ADDITIONAL FLOODING EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PARTS
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TONIGHT...

.ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT...
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS TO
THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO SAINT PETER...TO RED WING.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND
ALBERT LEA...AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN FARIBAULT AND
THE IOWA BORDER. MUCH OF THIS SAME AREA HAS SEEN AT LEAST 5
INCHES RAIN SINCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND MANY REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT BASEMENT FLOODING AND FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL WORSEN THIS SITUATION.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO
THE WEATHER SITUATION TODAY...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
ON HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-192200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0003.070819T1400Z-070820T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
853 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH 
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST 
  MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL 
  MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...
  MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN 
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  REDWOOD.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT...
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS TO
THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO SAINT PETER...TO RED WING.
THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND
ALBERT LEA...AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN FARIBAULT AND
THE IOWA BORDER. MUCH OF THIS SAME AREA HAS SEEN AT LEAST 5
INCHES RAIN SINCE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND MANY REPORTS OF
SIGNIFICANT BASEMENT FLOODING AND FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL WORSEN THIS SITUATION.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

KAT

000 
WGUS63 KMPX 192136
FFAMPX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...ADDITIONAL FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH TONIGHT...

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS
EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAVE FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY
EVENING IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO SAINT
PETER...TO RED WING. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN MAY TAPER OFF SLIGHTLY
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THIS SAME AREA. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA
ARE THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT
LEA...AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN FARIBAULT AND THE IOWA
BORDER.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO
THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...AND BE
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND IF NECESSARY.

MNZ065-067-073>078-082>085-091>093-200545-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070820T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
436 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. 
  IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...
  FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...
  WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD.

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS
  EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
  RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...HAVE FALLEN SINCE SATURDAY
  EVENING IN AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA...TO SAINT
  PETER...TO RED WING. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN MAY TAPER OFF SLIGHTLY
  DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THIS SAME AREA. INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA
  ARE THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FAIRMONT AND ALBERT
  LEA...AND SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN FARIBAULT AND THE
  IOWA BORDER.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

KAT

Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007

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.