Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at May 23, 2012, 3:23 AM CDT for 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2012, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 28 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 2794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WGUS63 KMPX 230823 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 323 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...EFFECTIVE FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT WAS DRAPED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE INCHES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-231630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.120524T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 323 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON... RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA... HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
5 follow-up statements
084 WGUS63 KMPX 230853 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... EFFECTIVE FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT WAS DRAPED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT... ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE INCHES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-231700- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.120524T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 353 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
701 WGUS63 KMPX 231603 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1103 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... EFFECTIVE FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT WAS DRAPED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE FRONT... ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO VARY FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE INCHES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-240015- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.120524T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 1103 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
044 WGUS63 KMPX 232032 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA BORDERS WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY PUSH EAST INTO WISCONSIN THURSDAY EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THE ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE TONIGHT AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS TRAINING OF STORMS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE INCHES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-240445- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.120524T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 332 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS OF WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THREE INCHES. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ DFC
416 WGUS63 KMPX 240232 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 932 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA...WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY BY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE FINALLY PUSHING SLOWLY EAST INTO WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...AND HAVE PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN AN INCH...WITH A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED BAND OF 2 INCHES OR GREATER IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS TRAINING OF STORMS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE OR FOUR INCHES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-241045- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 932 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS OF WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THREE OR FOUR INCHES. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
914 WGUS63 KMPX 240935 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE MINNEAPOLIS...SAINT PAUL AND MANKATO. A COLD FRONT WAS STALLED FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...CENTRAL IOWA INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS...WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REGENERATE ALONG THE FRONT. RAINFALL TOTALS SO FAR HAVE BEEN BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISH TO UNDER AN INCH PER HOUR. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXCEED OVER AN INCH PER HOUR...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND STREETS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. MNZ043-049-050-057-065-073-241045- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON-KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... WILLMAR...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 435 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS HAD MOVED EAST. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-058>063-066>070-074>076-082-083-091-241745- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120524T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT 435 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MCLEOD...MEEKER...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE LIKELY BY AFTERNOON. * LOCALIZED FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND THE POTENTIAL OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND FLOODED DITCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 8 hr |
| May 23, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 51 min |
| May 23, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 27 min |
| May 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope and 4 more | 84 min |
| May 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 37 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 28 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 34 min |
| May 23, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 39 min |
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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.