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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:29 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 La Crosse radar (KARX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
416
WGUS53 KMPX 150029
FFWMPX
MNC049-WIC091-093-150500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0009.120615T0029Z-120615T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. STORM TOTALS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ELLA...FRONTENAC...MAIDEN ROCK...PEPIN...PORCUPINE...STOCKHOLM...
LUND AND AREAS SOUTHWEST OF DURAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9240 4448 9239
4451 9240 4457 9253 4459 9202 4453 9204
4452 9203 4441 9208
$$
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1:21 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every flash 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.