Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at May 27, 2012, 3:32 AM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin; 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 27, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2012, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 5:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 29 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, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 539 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632 WGUS63 KMPX 270832 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS... MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY ACROSS MINNESOTA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE RAIN EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE OCCURRING OVER THE SAME AREA THAT SAW FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 271645- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0003.120527T2200Z-120528T1200Z/ /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-POLK- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 332 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET... RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHOT PERIOD OF TIME. * FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. 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. && $$ RAH
4 follow-up statements
093 WGUS63 KMPX 271611 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1111 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS... MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWS LATER THIS EVENING...AND AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG IT...EXPECT ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS IS SIMILAR TO LAST WEEKS SYSTEM THAT DROPPED LOCALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF SOUTHWEST...TO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN DUE TO THE PAST HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY...AND CREATE FLOODING. DEPENDING UPON THE LOCAL TERRAIN...FLOOD PRONE AREAS...OR URBAN AREAS...SOME OF THE FLOODING MAY DEVELOP INTO A FLASH FLOOD EVENT WHICH IS RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...COULD RANGE FROM ONE INCH...TO LOCALLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES WHERE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 280000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.120527T2200Z-120528T1200Z/ /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-POLK- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1111 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH... BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...WASHINGTON... WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. * FROM 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. * FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. 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. && $$ JLT
405 WGUS63 KMPX 272126 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 426 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS... MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWS LATER THIS EVENING...AND A SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG IT...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS IS SIMILAR TO LAST WEEKS SYSTEM THAT DROPPED LOCALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF SOUTHWEST...TO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN DUE TO THE PAST HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY...AND CREATE FLOODING. DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL TERRAIN... FLOOD PRONE OR URBAN AREAS...SOME OF THE FLOODING COULD DEVELOP INTO FLASH FLOODING...WHICH IS RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...COULD RANGE FROM ONE INCH...TO LOCALLY THREE OR FOUR INCHES...IF SOME OF THE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 280530- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.120527T2200Z-120528T1200Z/ /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-POLK- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 426 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH... BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...WASHINGTON... WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. * FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. 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. && $$
189 WGUS63 KMPX 280543 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1243 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS... MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE. SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES PER HOUR...ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA. RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE SWOLLEN DUE TO THE PAST HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF QUICKLY...AND CREATE FLOODING. DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL TERRAIN... FLOOD PRONE OR URBAN AREAS...SOME OF THE FLOODING COULD DEVELOP INTO FLASH FLOODING...WHICH IS RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...COULD RANGE FROM ONE INCH...TO LOCALLY THREE OR FOUR INCHES...IF STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 281200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120528T1200Z/ /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-POLK- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 1243 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH... BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...WASHINGTON... WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. * FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. 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. && $$
959 WGUS63 KMPX 281023 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 523 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.. .THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT RAINS MAY CAUSE RIVER FLOODING ALONG A FEW AREA RIVERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFERENCE THE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV/TWINCITIES. MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014- 281130- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120528T1200Z/ /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-POLK- 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...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE 523 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 59 min |
| May 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 60 min |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Pierce | 50 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Pierce | 53 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Pierce | 51 hr |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 8 days |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens | 57 min |
| May 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 49 min |
| May 26, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 54 min |
| May 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 64 min |
| May 27, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| May 27, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| May 27, 2:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 5 days |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Wright | 50 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 47 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 3 days |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 50 hr |
| May 27, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 3 days |
| May 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Steele, Waseca | 38 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.