Alert archive / Wisconsin / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Jun 14, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219
WGUS43 KMPX 150452
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1152 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC049-WIC091-093-151100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.W.0002.120615T0452Z-120615T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
1152 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY
* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER HALF INCH TO ONE
INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL YET OVERNIGHT.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BAY CITY...
ESDAILE...FRONTENAC...HAGER CITY...MAIDEN ROCK...PEPIN...PLUM CITY
AND STOCKHOLM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4446 9234 4454 9241 4460 9257 4469 9269
4470 9213 4463 9212 4441 9209
$$
BAPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 15, 1:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 4 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 |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.