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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2013, 10:32 AM CDT for Dakota County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2013, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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, 11:34 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 3 Wsw Marystown, MN | |
| Jul 13, 12:19 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 3 Wsw Marystown, MN | |
| Jul 13, 12:33 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.3 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Jul 13, 12:51 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.3 | 7 N New Market, MN | OCCURRED IN NEW MARKET TOWNSHIP. |
| Jul 13, 1:30 PM CDT | FLOOD | Dundas, MN | WATER FROM THE CANNON RIVER WITHIN 15 FT OF RESIDENCES ALONG THE RIVER. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
693
WGUS53 KMPX 131532
FFWMPX
MNC037-131-139-131830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0024.130713T1532Z-130713T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1032 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...
WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1027 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FROM 3 TO
7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BURNSVILLE...FARIBAULT...LAKEVILLE...WEBSTER...AND NEW MARKET.
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 4422 9352 4453 9352 4473 9361 4480 9357
4478 9314 4425 9323
$$
RAH1 follow-up statement
073
WGUS73 KMPX 131833
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
133 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
MNC037-131-139-131844-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-130713T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAKOTA MN-RICE MN-SCOTT MN-
133 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SCOTT...
WESTERN RICE AND WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
130 PM CDT...
CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED IN WESTERN RICE...NORTHWEST DAKOTA AND
PORTIONS OF SCOTT COUNTY SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...STANDING AND PONDING OF WATER CONTINUES...BUT
NOT FAST FLOWING WATER TO CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING
TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4422 9352 4453 9352 4473 9361 4480 9357
4478 9314 4425 9323
$$
JLTThe 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, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 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.