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Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 201117 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Jun 16, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 17, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 3:19 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Flood severity
None

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

295 
WGUS63 KMPX 161921
FFAMPX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
221 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT..

.A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GAYLORD TO FARIBAULT.
BOUTS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A WARM
FRONT DEVELOPS SOUTH OF THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN
COUPLED WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL
EARLIER IN THE WEEK...MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-170330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0002.110617T1200Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
221 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... RENVILLE
  AND SIBLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...
  FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...
  RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE
  AND YELLOW MEDICINE.

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK COUPLED
  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
  MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

RAH
5 follow-up statements
475 
WGUS63 KMPX 170152
FFAMPX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
852 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GAYLORD TO
FARIBAULT. BOUTS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A
WARM FRONT DEVELOPS SOUTH OF THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAIN COUPLED WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT
FELL EARLIER IN THE WEEK...MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-171000-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0002.110617T1200Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
852 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. 
  IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... 
  FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... 
  WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST 
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW 
  MEDICINE. 

* FROM 7 AM CDT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK 
  COUPLED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY AND 
  FRIDAY NIGHT MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. 

* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...TRIBUTARIES
  OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AREA AS
  RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

JLT
055 
WGUS63 KMPX 170809
FFAMPX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
309 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA
IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GAYLORD TO
FARIBAULT. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE AS A WARM FRONT DEVELOPS
SOUTH OF THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN COUPLED WITH THE
WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE
WEEK...MAY LEAD TO FURTHER FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-171615-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FA.A.0002.110617T1800Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
309 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND
  SIBLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE
  EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE
  SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND
  WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL
  MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE.

* FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK COUPLED
  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...
  TRIBUTARIES OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE
  AREA AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN
  COMPLETED. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND
  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$
476 
WGUS63 KMPX 171457
FFAMPX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
957 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA
IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GAYLORD TO
FARIBAULT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS A WARM
WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN
COUPLED WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER
IN THE WEEK...MAY LEAD TO FURTHER FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. THERE
REMAINS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT... AND IT IS POSSIBLE
ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS WIDESPREAD THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
HOWEVER... THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT GIVEN THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD
OF FLOODING SHOULD ACTIVITY STILL DEVELOP AND IMPACT SENSITIVE
AREAS WITH WET SOIL CONDITIONS.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-180100-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0002.110617T1800Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
957 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. 
  IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... 
  FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... 
  WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST 
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW 
  MEDICINE. 

* FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK 
  COUPLED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON 
  AND TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. 

* THE MAIN IMPACT WOULD BE ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...
  TRIBUTARIES OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE
  AREA AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN
  COMPLETED. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND
  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$
065 
WGUS63 KMPX 172341
FFAMPX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT...

.A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO GAYLORD TO FARIBAULT. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA
THIS EVENING ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAIN COUPLED WITH THE WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RAIN THAT
FELL EARLIER IN THE WEEK...MAY LEAD TO FURTHER FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA. 

THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY IN EXACTLY HOW WIDESPREAD THIS ACTIVITY
BECOMES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE
WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT GIVEN THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING
SHOULD THE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT SENSITIVE AREAS WITH WET SOIL
CONDITIONS.

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-181000-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
641 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE 
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. 
  IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... 
  FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... 
  WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST 
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW 
  MEDICINE. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE WEEK COUPLED
  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN
  FLOODING.

* THE MAIN IMPACT WOULD BE ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER... 
  TRIBUTARIES OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...AND COMMUNITIES AROUND 
  THE AREA AS RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN 
  COMPLETED. OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND 
  ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

&&

$$

JLT
954 
WGUS63 KMPX 180819
FFAMPX

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
319 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

MNZ054-056-064-065-067-073>077-082>085-091>093-180930-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-110618T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...
OLIVIA...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
319 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet42 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.