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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Mar 15, 2010, 3:50 PM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 7 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2010, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 15, 3:37 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:37 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 12:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 PM CDT MON MAR 15 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 160830- 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- 1214 PM CDT MON MAR 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON REDEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RUNOFF FROM LAST WEEKS PRECIPITATION AND MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO AREAS STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF AREA RIVERS TO RISE OVER THE NEXT WEEK. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN ISOLATED AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ICE JAMS OR FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS...STREAMS OR RIVERS TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 20 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Redwood | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Steele | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod | 4 days |
| Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 12 days |
| Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 9 days |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every areal flood warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.