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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 9:02 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 13, 2013, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Goodhue County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.9 | Kenyon, MN | CUL-DE-SAC IN NNW PORTION OF TOWN UNDER 4 INCHES OF 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
758 WGUS53 KMPX 131402 FFWMPX MNC049-131700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0023.130713T1402Z-130713T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 902 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 859 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 7 AM. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE OF RAIN MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BOMBAY... DENNISON...KENYON...PINE ISLAND AND WANAMINGO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4448 9304 4420 9255 4420 9304 $$ RAH
1 follow-up statement
393 WGUS73 KMPX 131441 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 941 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013 MNC049-131700- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130713T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE MN- 941 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT... AT 936 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A TRAINED SPOTTER IN KENYON REPORTED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BOMBAY...DENNISON...KENYON... PINE ISLAND AND WANAMINGO. A CUL-DE-SAC NEAR KENYON WAS UNDER 4 INCHES OF WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4448 9304 4420 9255 4420 9304 $$ RAH
The 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, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Rice, Scott | 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, 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 |
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.