Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 10, 2008, 3:25 PM CDT for 21 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 11, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2008, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 11, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 9:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 30 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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 102025 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... MANKATO...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. HEAVY RAIN IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND WARM FRONT MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 110430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0004.080611T1200Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 325 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... 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...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET... RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 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. $$ RAH
7 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMPX 110325 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... MANKATO...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. HEAVY RAIN IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND WARM FRONT MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111130- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.080611T1200Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS 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 111125 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 625 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THURSDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IN MINNESOTA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY...AND INCLUDES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... MANKATO...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO PRIMARILY TONIGHT WHICH WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN PARTICULAR IS VULNERABLE DUE TO WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111930- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.080611T1200Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 625 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN PARTICULAR IS VULNERABLE DUE TO WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 111834 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 134 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IN MINNESOTA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... MANKATO...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS ONCE AGAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND TRAILING COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 120245- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 134 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO THREE INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$ RAH
000 WGUS63 KMPX 120207 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 907 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IN MINNESOTA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... MANKATO...THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRENCH THE UPPER MIDWEST OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 121000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 907 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY THURSDAY MORNING OF TWO TO THREE INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 121042 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 542 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH AREA IN MINNESOTA IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KIESTER TO MEDFORD TO CANNON FALLS. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA... RED WING...OWATONNA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...EAU CLAIRE...AND ELLSWORTH. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS MORNING. A WEAKENING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TREK EAST ACROSS FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION WILL RANGE BETWEEN A TENTH OF AN INCH TO NEAR ONE INCH. THIS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>077-082>084-091-092-121145- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 542 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCH RANGE INDICATED OVER EASTERN SIBLEY AND MUCH OF CARVER COUNTIES. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 542 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...FREEBORN...GOODHUE AND STEELE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. MODERATE AND AT TIMES BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...OVER BARRON AND POLK COUNTIES. * RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO RISING RIVERS AND CREEKS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. TOTAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION WILL RANGE BETWEEN A TENTH OF AN INCH TO NEAR ONE INCH. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE ALREADY RISING SMALLER STREAMS. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DUE TO THE WET GROUND CONDITIONS FROM FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. DURING THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS...FREEBORN COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND UP TO 5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION... ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS63 KMPX 121158 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 MNZ078-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-121800- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 542 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ONE AND ONE HALF INCH TO...THREE INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN THE FOUR TO SIX INCH RANGE INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF FREEBORN COUNTY. $$ AZ
000 WGUS63 KMPX 121408 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA. MNZ078-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-121515- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080612T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 908 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. $$ RAH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
.DISCUSSION...
A FEW SPRINKLES REMAIN AT MID AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL MN AND
ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WI ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER
LOW OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. WILL MENTION A FEW SPRINKLES IN
THE EVENING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.
A WARM FRONT IS DEVELOPING TO OUR SOUTH...FROM NEAR KDSM TO KVTN
TO LOW PRESSURE OVER SE WY. THE FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS OVERNIGHT
AND TOMORROW FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH INTO
SOUTHERN MN. FORGED AHEAD TODAY WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL
THINGS OCCURRING THAT HAVE PROMPTED THIS. FIRST...THE CHANGE
FORECAST BY BOTH THE NAM AND GFS IN THE PW AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
FLUX OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IS VERY STRONG. PW FORECAST TO
INCREASE OVER AN INCH TOMORROW WITH STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES BEING
1.5 TO 2 ABOVE NORMAL. 850-700MB MOISTURE FLUX IS PRACTICALLY OFF
THE SCALE AND FORECAST TO BE 5 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL.
BELIEVE THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY
OVERNIGHT FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST AND SOUTH IN INCREASING
ZONE OF 850-700MB THETA-E ADVECTION. ITS POSSIBLE THAT A COMPLEX OF
SEVERE STORMS COULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MN WEDNESDAY MORNING
ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE
ADVECTION SCHEME LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE OVER EAST CENTRAL
INTO SOUTHERN CENTRAL MN BY DAYBREAK. IN THE WAKE OF THIS
ACTIVITY...THERE WILL BE A RENEWED THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN MN.
ANY THING IS POSSIBLE FROM FLASH FLOODING TO TORNADOES AS ALL
PARAMETERS ARE IN PLACE.
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM IA TO NEAR THE TWIN
CITIES. TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH PW AT OR
ABOVE 2 INCHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI. EXPECT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO END
OVER WEST CENTRAL WI BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT
PUSHES THROUGH. WIDESPREAD 3 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS FORECAST FOR THE WATCH
AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRING. 15Z SREF 12HR PROB FOR
GREATER THAN 2 INCH RAINS CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND NOW AROUND 30
PERCENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA.
UNSETTLED WEATHER...BUT TO A MUCH LESSER DEGREE...WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW HELPING TO
BRING ALL THIS ON PASSES SLOWLY BY TO THE NORTH. PERHAPS SOME DRY
WEATHER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION... /18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
REGION OF STRATOCU HAS DEVELOPED OVER MOSTLY THE NRN 2/3 OF THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH WORST IMPACTS FELT AT AXN AND STC...AND TO A
LESSER DEGREE MSP...RNH...AND EAU. CIGS HAVE LIFTED TO MVFR OR
HIGHER...WITH LOW LEVEL RH PROGS SHOWING CONT IMPROVEMENT. EXPECT
ALL SITES TO BE VFR BY TAF ISSUANCE TIME...WITH SCT DECKS AT MVFR
HGTS. CU RULE SHOWS THAT CLDS WILL SCT OUT THRU THE AFTN AS WELL.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO AN ERLY DIRN AFTER THE SFC RDG AXIS
ALNG THE ERN DKTS/MN BRDR SHOVES EWRD THIS AFTN AND EVE. OF COURSE
THE BIG QUESTION WITH THE TAFS IS TIMING AND COVG OF TSRA DURG THE
OVRNGT AND MRNG HRS. 50-60 KT LLJ AND ASSOC WAA/INCR IN
INSTABILITY WILL NOSE INTO SW MN BTWN 06 AND 12Z...MOVG EWRD DURG
THE MRNG HRS. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN TSRA IS AT RWF WHERE
MUCAPES/BEST LI/S THE HIGHEST. RWF IS ALSO NEAREST THE NOSE OF THE
LLJ. HAVE COVERED MOST OTHER SITES WITH A SHRA AND CB
MENTION...WITH INSTABILITY A SHADE MORE IN QUESTION FOR
AXN/STC/RNH/MSP. WITH MSP BEING A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE INSTABILITY
AXIS...WENT AHEAD AND ALSO INCLUDED A PROB30 FOR TSRA FROM 13 TO
17Z. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A PROBLEM AFTER DAYBREAK
ESPECIALLY...WITH LLJ CONTINUING WELL INTO THE LATE MRNG
HRS...LEADING TO INCRG SPDS AND GUSTS.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-
NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-
WATONWAN.
WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.
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RAH/KATHazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 2:32 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111100- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITHIN THE OUTLOOK AREA AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ALOFT MOVE NORTHWARD. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA MAY BECOME SEVERE OVERNIGHT. LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER APPROACHES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... ISOLATED TORNADOES APPEAR POSSIBLE FROM THE MIDDLE OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY WITH THIS SAME WEATHER SYSTEM FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO RUSH CITY. WITH WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...FLOODING COULD RESULT...INCLUDING FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE DURING THE END OF THE WEEK THOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER DURING THAT TIME IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. KAT/MTF
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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.