Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Jun 18, 2011, 11:58 AM CDT for 20 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 29 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045 WGUS63 KMPX 181658 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES... .AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT WILL PERSIST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN SOME SPOTS. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE A POSSIBILITY LATER TONIGHT AS WELL... SO STAY AWARE OF THE FORECAST IN CASE ADDITIONAL FLOOD WATCHES ARE NECESSARY. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>077-082>084-091-092-190300- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0003.110618T1700Z-110619T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1158 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SIBLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN... RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING * AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN SOME SPOTS. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS..ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
267 WGUS63 KMPX 182322 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 622 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOME AREAS MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN AND THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT IN MINNESOTA FOR AN AREA FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. THE FLOOD WATCH EXTENDS INTO WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUDSON TO MENOMONIE TO LADYSMITH. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS... ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-190730- /O.EXB.KMPX.FA.A.0003.110618T2322Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 622 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHISAGO...ISANTI AND KANABEC. IN WISCONSIN... BARRON...DUNN...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL EXTEND FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN SOME SPOTS. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS. 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. && $$ MNZ060>063-067>070-074>077-082>084-091-092-190300- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 622 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SIBLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ANOKA...CARVER...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... FARIBAULT...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING * AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SOME SPOTS. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO. 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. && $$
235 WGUS63 KMPX 190312 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 AM... .THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY SHIFTED NORTHEAST OF THE WATCH AREA...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT. THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS. MNZ060>063-067>070-074>077-082>084-091-092-190415- /O.EXP.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$ MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-023-025-191100- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE 1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHISAGO... ISANTI AND KANABEC. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...DUNN...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT SUNDAY * THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER ROADS. 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. && $$ JLT
339 WGUS63 KMPX 190925 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH10 AM... .THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS SEEN OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...IN A BAND ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE FROM ROCK FALLS...TO EAU CLAIRE AND CONRATH...SAW FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL EXIT TO THE EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN HIGH OR RISE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE MORNING AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. MNZ045-052-053-191030- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WIZ024-026>028-191500- /O.EXA.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIERCE-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHIPPEWA...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN AND PIERCE. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS MORNING. * THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND OTHER COUNTY ROADS. 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023-025-191500- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... BARRON...POLK AND RUSK. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...DUNN AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
905 WGUS63 KMPX 191215 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 715 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 AM... .MOST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS SEEN OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...IN A BAND ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE FROM ROCK FALLS...TO EAU CLAIRE AND CONRATH...SAW FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. THOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS HAVE PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST...RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE MORNING AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WIZ014>016-023>028-191500- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 715 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... BARRON...POLK AND RUSK. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA... DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL EXIT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS... AND STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY HIGH...SO FLOODING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS RURAL AREAS. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AROUND HIGHWAYS AND COUNTY ROADS. 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. && $$
772 WGUS63 KMPX 191315 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED... .THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON BUT THE RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS INTENSE AS IT WAS ON SATURDAY. WIZ014>016-023>028-191500- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 813 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Big Stone | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Stearns | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2011Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2011Every flood watch in 2011
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.