Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Jul 12, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT for 33 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 14, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 14, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2011, 1:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235 WGUS63 KMPX 122055 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH RUNS ALONG A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES WEST TO WILLMAR AND SOUTH TO A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO MANKATO. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...OUT AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT THAT WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AN UNSEASONABLY MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE FEEDING INTO THESE SHOWERS...WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS HIGH CAN BE REALIZED. MNZ057>060-065>069-073>076-082-083-130500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 355 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... RENVILLE...SIBLEY...WRIGHT...CARVER...HENNEPIN...SCOTT...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...NICOLLET...WATONWAN...AND REDWOOD COUNTIES. * FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
885 WGUS63 KMPX 130256 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 956 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WATCH IS ALONG A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES ON WEST TO WILLMAR AND THEN SOUTH TO A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO MANKATO. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. AN UNSEASONABLY MOIST AIRMASS WILL BE FEEDING INTO THESE SHOWERS...WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS HIGH CAN BE REALIZED. MNZ057>060-065>069-073>076-082-083-131100- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 956 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...HENNEPIN... KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...NICOLLET...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...WRIGHT AND WATONWAN. * FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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
117 WGUS63 KMPX 130800 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 300 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA AND RUSH CITY...SOUTH TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE DAKOTAS LATER TODAY...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. AN UNSEASONABLY MOIST AIR MASS WILL BE FEEDING INTO THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL HELP ENHANCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...ONE AND ONE HALF...TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS HIGH CAN BE REALIZED. MNZ041>045-048>056-061>064-131700- /O.EXA.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS 300 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BENTON...MORRISON... SHERBURNE...STEARNS...TODD... ANOKA...CHISAGO...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... WASHINGTON...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. && $$ MNZ057>060-065>069-073>076-082-083-131700- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES... MANKATO 300 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER...RENVILLE... SIBLEY...WRIGHT...CARVER...HENNEPIN...SCOTT...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...NICOLLET...WATONWAN AND REDWOOD. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JLT
445 WGUS63 KMPX 131634 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1134 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA AND RUSH CITY...SOUTH TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND EXPAND ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A MOIST AIR MASS WILL ALLOW FOR ENHANCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS MOST FAVORABLE WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. MORE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THUS AN EXTENSION TO THIS FLOOD WATCH IS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS HIGH CAN BE REALIZED. MNZ041>045-048>069-073>076-082-083-140045- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 1134 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BENTON...MORRISON...SHERBURNE... STEARNS...TODD...ANOKA...CHISAGO...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... WASHINGTON...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH...WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. && $$
789 WGUS63 KMPX 132110 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 410 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA AND RUSH CITY...SOUTH TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND EXPAND ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A MOIST AIR MASS WILL ALLOW FOR ENHANCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FOR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS MOST FAVORABLE WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. MORE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THUS AN EXTENSION TO THIS FLOOD WATCH IS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS HIGH CAN BE REALIZED. MNZ041>045-048>069-073>076-082-083-140600- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 410 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON... RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO...HENNEPIN... ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... LE SUEUR... NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH... WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. && $$
797 WGUS63 KMPX 140048 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA AND RUSH CITY...SOUTH TO THE TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO. SHOWERS OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL EXPAND INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY. A MOIST AIR MASS SPREADING IN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR ENHANCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD...THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IS MOST FAVORABLE WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. IN ADDITION...MORE RAINFALL...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE HEAVY...IS POSSIBLE BOTH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY FURTHER AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THUS AN EXTENSION TO THIS FLOOD WATCH IS POSSIBLE. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WILL MAKE MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL MATERIALIZE. MNZ041>045-048>069-073>076-082-083-140900- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0005.110714T0600Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-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-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 748 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... CARVER...CHIPPEWA...CHISAGO...DOUGLAS...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LAC QUI PARLE...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD... MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY... REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS... SWIFT...TODD...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN...WRIGHT...YELLOW MEDICINE. * FROM 1 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH... WITH SCATTERED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...FROM TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMS...CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS POTENTIALLY RISING SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. 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. && $$ RAH
992 WGUS63 KMPX 140651 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 151 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT EXCEPT OVER ISOLATED AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. MNZ041>045-048>069-073>076-082-083-140800- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO 151 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...GENERALLY UNDER HALF INCH OR LESS. A FEW AREAS COULD RECEIVE OVER HALF INCH. RUNOFF FROM ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR IMPACT ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. $$
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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.