Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Jul 15, 2011, 12:52 PM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2011, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 34 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.
479 WGUS63 KMPX 151752 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1252 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT... .A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO LIKELY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS . THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BLOOMER...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO WILLMAR. MNZ056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-160200- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0006.110715T1800Z-110716T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1252 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHIPPEWA...DAKOTA... FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... REDWOOD...RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA... WASHINGTON...WATONWAN...WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ONGOING...AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED 4 TO 5 INCH TOTALS. * FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
671 WGUS63 KMPX 152118 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 418 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... .STORMG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. AREAS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY BE IN THE CLEAR FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN A FEW AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING. THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BLOOMER...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO WILLMAR. MNZ056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-160530- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-110716T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 418 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH... BROWN...CARVER...CHIPPEWA...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN... GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD... MEEKER...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...RICE... SCOTT...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN... WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING. * FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. && $$
613 WGUS63 KMPX 160045 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 745 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WHERE THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. ALSO...MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WHICH WILL MAKE THAT AREA SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR AGAIN TONIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA TO RED WING. MNZ056>070-073>077-082-WIZ023>028-160145- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-110716T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 745 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. $$ MNZ078-083>085-091>093-160845- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-110716T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 745 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE AND WASECA. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY * VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT...COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING. * FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ BAP
206 WGUS63 KMPX 160714 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FARTHER SOUTH...ACROSS IOWA. MNZ078-083>085-091>093-160815- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-110716T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 214 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE FARTHER SOUTH....ACROSS IOWA. $$
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, 8:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 3 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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.