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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 6:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 29 reports 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
- Jul 13, 2013, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:39 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Prior Lake, MN | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER. VEHICLE ALSO STALLED. |
| Jul 13, 6:50 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Eden Prairie, MN | READING TAKEN BY FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Jul 13, 6:51 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Shakopee, MN | THREE FEET OF WATER COVERING ROADWAY WITH STALLED VEHICLES BLOCKING ROAD. |
| Jul 13, 7:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lakeville, MN | DODD BLVD NEAR 194TH ST CLOSED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM DUE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. NORTH CREEK OF THE VERMILLION ALSO NEAR TOP OF ITS BANKS. |
| Jul 13, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.53 | Eden Prairie, MN | MEASURED AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT. |
| Jul 13, 7:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Prior Lake, MN | TWELVE INCHES OF WATER OVER DAKOTA PARKWAY NEAR LITTLE SIX CASINO. COUNTY ROAD 21 ALSO FLOODED BETWEEN GRAINWOOD AND EAU CLAIRE AVE. |
| Jul 13, 7:17 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 3 S Crystal Bay, MN | OCCURRED IN NEW MARKET TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 13, 7:18 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Savage, MN | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 13, 7:41 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.6 | Bloomington, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF 102ND AND CHICAGO IN SE PORTION OF CITY. |
| Jul 13, 7:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.25 | Edina, MN | |
| Jul 13, 7:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.3 | 2 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| Jul 13, 7:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Sw New Market, MN | EIGHT TO TEN INCHES OF WATER COVERING DALTON AVENUE WITH DITCHES OVERFLOWING. |
| Jul 13, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.15 | Shakopee, MN | |
| Jul 13, 8:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se New Market, MN | PART OF CANBY AVE NORTH OF 38TH ST WEST WASHING AWAY. SEVERAL ROADS IN THIS AREA HAVE WATER OVER THEM. |
| Jul 13, 8:10 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.3 | Farmington, MN | |
| Jul 13, 8:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Dundas, MN | BASEMENT WALL COLLASPED SW CORNER OF KOLB DR AND WEST AVE W...TIME EST. DAMAGE NOT VISIBLE UNTIL WATER RECEDED. FLOODING WAS LOCAL NOT FROM THE CANNON RIVER. |
| Jul 13, 8:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Northfield, MN | ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER OVER COUNTY ROAD 19 ABOUT A QUARTER MILE EAST OF I-35 |
| Jul 13, 8:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Faribault, MN | A FOOT OF WATER OVER I-35 IN SPOTS BETWEEN 150TH STREET AND MILLERSBURG BLVD. |
| Jul 13, 8:47 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 W Northfield, MN | APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET OF WATER OVER HOLK OAK AVE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 19 AND HOLY OAK AVE. |
| Jul 13, 8:59 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Market, MN | XERXES AVE IMPASSABLE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD 2. |
| Jul 13, 9:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dundas, MN | 100 YDS OF DUNDAS BLVD FLOODED JUST NORTH OF TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FLOODING FROM CULVERTS NOT THE CANNON RIVER. |
| Jul 13, 9:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.93 | St Louis Park, MN | BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM |
| Jul 13, 9:05 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.47 | Burnsville, MN | |
| Jul 13, 9:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dundas, MN | TWO HOMES BEING EVACUATED BY FIRE DEPT. ROADWAY IMPASSABLE ON DUNDAS BLVD NEAR INTERSECTION WITH HESTER STREET. |
| Jul 13, 9:20 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.69 | 3 S Crystal Bay, MN | |
| Jul 13, 9:28 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | Richfield, MN | |
| Jul 13, 9:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.95 | Prior Lake, MN | MEASURED AT MDEWAKANTON FIRE STATION. |
| Jul 13, 9:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.24 | Sse Eden Prairie, MN | LOCAL CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. |
| Jul 13, 9:47 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dundas, MN | THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF WATER OVER WEST AVENUE JUST WEST OF INTERSECTION OF WEST AVENUE AND FOREST AVENUE. SEVERAL HOMES IN THIS AREA SURROUNDED BY WATER. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265
WGUS53 KMPX 131135
FFWMPX
MNC037-053-131-139-131530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0020.130713T1135Z-130713T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
635 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 633 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST
COUPLE HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...PRIOR LAKE...FARIBAULT...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...EDEN
PRAIRIE...LAKEVILLE...ST LOUIS PARK...LAKEVILLE...AND FARIBAULT.
SCOTT COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A STALLED CAR NEAR PRIOR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9353 4473 9361 4480 9357 4480 9352
4487 9353 4499 9344 4487 9312 4425 9323
4422 9352
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
406
WGUS73 KMPX 131208
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
708 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
MNC037-053-131-139-131530-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130713T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAKOTA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RICE MN-SCOTT MN-
708 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCOTT...WESTERN
RICE...SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN AND WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030
AM CDT...
AT 704 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE
TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALREADY...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...EDEN PRAIRIE...
LAKEVILLE...MINNETONKA...ST LOUIS PARK...AND PRIOR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9353 4473 9361 4480 9357 4480 9352
4487 9353 4499 9344 4487 9312 4425 9323
4422 9352
$$
BORGHOFF639
WGUS73 KMPX 131359
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
MNC053-131407-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130713T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HENNEPIN MN-
859 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HENNEPIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. IF FLOODING
HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4453 9352 4473 9361 4480 9357 4480 9345
4479 9338 4478 9314 4425 9323 4422 9352
$$
MNC037-131-139-131530-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130713T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAKOTA MN-RICE MN-SCOTT MN-
859 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCOTT...WESTERN
RICE AND WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...
AT 852 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS RICE COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH
OF RICE COUNTY LEADING TO WIDESPREAD...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A FOOT OF WATER IN SPOTS ON INTERSTATE 35
BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 9 IN RICE COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW MARKET...
AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4453 9352 4473 9361 4480 9357 4480 9345
4479 9338 4478 9314 4425 9323 4422 9352
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 73 min |
| Jul 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti and 4 more | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 4:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Rice | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 4 more | 6 hr |
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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.