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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2011, 8:51 AM CDT for Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2011, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
822
WGUS53 KMPX 151351
FFWMPX
MNC121-145-151700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0005.110715T1351Z-110715T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
851 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE 6 AM CDT... AND AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FREEPORT...MEIRE GROVE...MELROSE...NEW MUNICH...SAUK CENTRE AND ST
ROSA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NORTH FORK CROW RIVER...STONY CREEK...SAUK RIVER...GETCHELL CREEK...
ASHLEY CREEK...EAST BRANCH CHIPPEWA RIVER...BEAUTIFUL CREEK...NORTH
TWO RIVER...HOBOKEN CREEK...ADLEY CREEK AND SOUTH TWO RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4577 9462 4554 9461 4561 9514 4567 9542
4576 9542
$$1 follow-up statement
710
WGUS73 KMPX 151521
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1021 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011
MNC121-145-151700-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110715T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POPE MN-STEARNS MN-
1021 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT...
AT 1020 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE AREA. HOWEVER... BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO
HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 5 AM CDT AND 10 AM CDT. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS NEAR SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS THROUGH AROUND NOON CDT.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FREEPORT...MEIRE GROVE...MELROSE...NEW MUNICH...SAUK CENTRE AND ST
ROSA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NORTH FORK CROW RIVER...STONY CREEK...SAUK RIVER...GETCHELL CREEK...
ASHLEY CREEK...EAST BRANCH CHIPPEWA RIVER...BEAUTIFUL CREEK...NORTH
TWO RIVER...HOBOKEN CREEK...ADLEY CREEK AND SOUTH TWO RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4577 9462 4554 9461 4561 9514 4567 9542
4576 9542
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 36 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Stearns, Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 79 min |
| Jul 15, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 5 days |
| Jul 15, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 12:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 22 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 5 days |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
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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.