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Areal Flood Advisory 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 15, 2012, 1:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2012, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1022 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 MNZ084-085-092-093-150415- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA- 1022 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT... AT 1017 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRUSH CREEK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BRUSH CREEK. WELLS. BARODA. ALDEN. FREEBORN. HARTLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. && LAT...LON 4357 9392 4381 9400 4398 9304 4361 9305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 259DEG 31KT 4371 9376
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD STANTON 44.47N 93.02W
06/14/2012 GOODHUE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGHWAY 19 CLOSED BETWEEN STANTON AND NORTHFIELD DUE TO
HIGH WATER.
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TDKSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1111 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 MNZ084-085-093-150515- FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA- 1111 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER FREEBORN...STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM CDT... AT 1107 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FREEBORN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... FREEBORN. HARTLAND. CLARKS GROVE. GENEVA. HOLLANDALE. STEELE CENTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. && LAT...LON 4390 9365 4404 9303 4371 9304 4364 9364 TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 258DEG 26KT 4380 9351
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 11:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 8 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.