Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Albert Lea, MN | STREETS FLOODED THROUGH THE CITY AND 1 CAR STRANDED WATER UP TO HEADREST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WGUS53 KMPX 220440 FFWMPX MNC043-047-221030- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0017.130622T0440Z-130622T1030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1140 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WERE SETTING UP ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ALBERT LEA...BLUE EARTH...MINNESOTA LAKE...WELLS...WINNEBAGO...FROST AND HAYWARD. 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 4384 9424 4385 9305 4350 9304 4349 9424 $$ SPD
2 follow-up statements
380 WGUS73 KMPX 220624 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 124 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 MNC043-047-221030- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130622T1030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 124 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 121 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN ALBERT LEA. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA...BLUE EARTH...EASTON...BRUSH CREEK...WELLS...TWIN LAKES AND HAYWARD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4384 9424 4385 9305 4350 9304 4349 9424 $$ SPD
964 WGUS73 KMPX 221026 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 526 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 MNC043-047-221041- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130622T1030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 526 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 AM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4384 9424 4385 9305 4350 9304 4349 9424 $$ FRANKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 20 min |
| Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 22 more | 16 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.