Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2007
Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Oct 5, 2007, 3:17 AM CDT for 31 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2007, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 38 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 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 050817 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 317 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...TORRENTIAL RAIN FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING... .HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. ONE TO THREE INCH RAINS WILL BE COMMON AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. SOILS REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. SATURATED SOILS WILL HAVE LITTLE CAPACITY TO ABSORB MORE MOISTURE THUS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING QUICKLY. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA SHOULD LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082>084-091-092- WIZ014>016-023>025-027-051630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0008.071005T0817Z-071005T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 317 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA... BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA... FARIBAULT...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON... NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE... SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...PIERCE... POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY * A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAINFALL RATES ARE RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. SOILS ACROSS THE AREA REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS THE REGION. RAPID RUNOFF IS ANTICIPATED...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE MORNING. 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. $$ MNZ077-078-085-093-051630- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-071005T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 317 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FREEBORN...RICE AND STEELE. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY * AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED SOILS IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH. SATURATED SOILS WILL HAVE LITTLE CAPACITY TO ABSORB MORE MOISTURE THUS ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING QUICKLY. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS63 KMPX 051649 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1149 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...HEAVY RAIN WINDING DOWN... .COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED OR ENDED BY 11 AM OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WARM FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTH INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082>084-091-092- WIZ014>016-023>025-027-051800- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-071005T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1149 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ MNZ077-078-085-093-051800- /O.EXP.KMPX.FA.A.0004.000000T0000Z-071005T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE-GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA 1149 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD GENERALLY ENDED BY 11 AM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 10:09 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 14 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2007Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2007Every flash flood watch in 2007
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.