Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 7, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 11:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KMPX 070915 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 415 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SET UP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO LE SEUR TO RED WING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WITH MULTIPLE STORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. WITH RECENT RAINS WORKING TO SATURATE THE SOIL NEW RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO RUNOFF LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-071715- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0003.080608T0000Z-080608T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 415 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS 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. $$ MDB
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMPX 071642 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM TO LE SUEUR TO RED WING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WITH MULTIPLE STORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. WITH THE RECENT RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE GROUNDS OVER THE AREA WERE ALREADY SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ074>078-082>085-091>093-080045- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.080608T0000Z-080608T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS 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. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 080011 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 711 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING RAINFALL ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...MANKATO...FARIBAULT AND RED WING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WITH MULTIPLE STORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. WITH THE RECENT RAINS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...THE GROUNDS OVER THE AREA WERE NEARLY SATURATED. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ074>076-080115- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080608T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR 711 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...BUT THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH...CLOSER TO THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER. $$ MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-080815- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080608T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 711 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 080815 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...IN THE VICINITY OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. GROUND CONDITIONS REMAIN SATURATED...DUE TO ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES THAT FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY. THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AREAS AT RISK FOR FLOODING INCLUDE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO MANKATO...TO FARIBAULT AND RED WING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. RAINFALL RATES COULD REACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS WITH MULTIPLE STORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD RISK. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA BY THIS EVENING. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-081615- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080609T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 315 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE WATCH AREA TODAY. GROUND CONDITIONS REMAIN SATURATED...DUE TO ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES THAT FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY. THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RUNOFF...AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AT RISK FOR FLOODING INCLUDE LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES...TO MANKATO...TO FARIBAULT AND RED WING. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS 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. $$ LS
000 WGUS63 KMPX 081637 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1137 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE AREAS OF FAIRMONT...ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...AND RED WING...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ077-078-082>085-091>093-081745- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-080609T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1137 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.