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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 15, 201011 counties in Minnesota

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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott, Sibley20 hr
Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Lac qui Parle and 11 more17 hr
Mar 15, 1:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXRedwood12 hr
Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXSteele12 hr
Mar 15, 10:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMcLeod4 days
Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn24 hr
Mar 15, 12:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue11 hr
Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXRedwood12 days
Mar 15, 1:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXStearns9 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.