Alert archive / Minnesota / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Apr 13, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
410
WGUS43 KMPX 132202 CCA
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION FOR WORDING IN THE THIRD BULLET...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
502 PM CDT WED APR 13 2011
MNC023-073-127-129-151-173-162030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.W.0013.110413T2202Z-110416T2030Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
REDWOOD MN-
502 PM CDT WED APR 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT SATURDAY
* LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE
TO REPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE RAINFALL RECEIVED
TODAY HAS MAINLY BEEN LIGHTER IN NATURE AND HAS NOT WORSENED THE
FLOODING PROBLEM. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW. FOR THE MOST PART...THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN TO THE
SOUTH IN IOWA. HENCE...WHILE IT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR RISES...THE
ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE
FLOODING SITUATION.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS INCLUDE COUNTYWIDE
ISSUES IN LAC QUI PARLE AS WELL AS FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE
MINNESOTA RIVER EXTENDING FROM THE LAC QUI PARLE RESERVOIR SYSTEM
DOWNSTREAM TO NEAR NEW ULM.
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION...PLEASE REVERENCE MNDOT 511 WEBSITE
OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OR CITY WEBSITES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9644 4526 9632 4520 9617 4520 9612
4526 9612 4509 9584 4454 9480 4449 9483
4449 9487 4441 9488 4483 9577 4481 9644
$$
DFC3 follow-up statements
807
WGUS43 KMPX 142115
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
415 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
MNC023-073-127-129-151-173-162330-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T2330Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
REDWOOD MN-
415 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT SATURDAY
* LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE
TO REPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE PRECIPITATION RECEIVED
TODAY HAS MAINLY BEEN LIGHTER IN NATURE AND HAS NOT WORSENED THE
FLOODING PROBLEM. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW. BUT FOR THE MOST PART...THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
TO THE WEST AND SOUTH. HENCE...WHILE IT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR
RISES...THE ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER
AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING SITUATION.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS INCLUDE
COUNTYWIDE ISSUES IN LAC QUI PARLE AS WELL AS FOR INTERESTS
ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER EXTENDING FROM THE LAC QUI PARLE
RESERVOIR SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM TO NEAR NEW ULM.
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION...PLEASE REVERENCE MNDOT 511 WEBSITE
OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OR CITY WEBSITES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9644 4526 9632 4520 9617 4520 9612
4526 9612 4509 9584 4454 9480 4449 9483
4449 9487 4441 9488 4483 9577 4481 9644
$$
DFC461
WGUS43 KMPX 152235
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
535 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
MNC023-073-127-129-151-173-182330-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110418T2330Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
REDWOOD MN-
535 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND MELTING SNOW IN...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT MONDAY
* LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE
TO REPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS.
BANDS OF LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE RAIN WILL ROTATE NORTH INTO
THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
TONIGHT...THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
GENERALLY BE WILL BE A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH AND LESS. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE EAST ON SATURDAY AND TEMPERATURES TO
WARM INTO THE 40S. SO ANY SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT WILL
MELT ON SATURDAY.
WHILE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS NOT HELPFUL TO THE FLOODING
SITUATION...AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH IS NOT
EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY WORSENED THE FLOODING PROBLEM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS INCLUDE
COUNTYWIDE ISSUES IN LAC QUI PARLE AS WELL AS FOR INTERESTS
ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER EXTENDING FROM THE LAC QUI PARLE
RESERVOIR SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM TO NEAR NEW ULM.
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFERENCE MNDOT 511 WEBSITE
OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OR CITY WEBSITES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM PAST RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9644 4526 9632 4520 9617 4520 9612
4526 9612 4509 9584 4454 9480 4449 9483
4449 9487 4441 9488 4483 9577 4481 9644
$$
DFC674
WGUS83 KMPX 162120
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
420 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
MNC023-073-127-129-151-173-182330-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110418T2330Z/
/00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
REDWOOD MN-
420 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2011
...FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND RUNOFF FROM THE MELTED SNOWPACK
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WESTERN CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 630 PM
CDT MONDAY...
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO
REPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL
RETURN TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
THE WEEK. RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. DEPENDING ON
HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION FALLS AND THE FORM THAT IT FALLS WILL
DETERMINE IF IT WILL AGGRAVATE THE CURRENT FLOODING SITUATION.
MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO REPORT PROBLEMS INCLUDE COUNTYWIDE
ISSUES IN LAC QUI PARLE AS WELL AS FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE MINNESOTA
RIVER EXTENDING FROM THE LAC QUI PARLE RESERVOIR SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM
TO NEAR NEW ULM.
FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFERENCE MNDOT 511 WEBSITE
OR YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OR CITY WEBSITES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM PAST RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9644 4526 9632 4520 9617 4520 9612
4526 9612 4509 9584 4454 9480 4449 9483
4449 9487 4441 9488 4483 9577 4481 9644
$$
RAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 72 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 5 days |
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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.