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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2013, 7:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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
- Jun 21, 2013, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anoka County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 21, 7:50 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 E Robbinsdale, MN | WATER FLOWING DOWN STREET |
| Jun 21, 7:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Maple Grove, MN | WATER ON VICKSBURG LN FROM CR 47 IN PLYMOUTH TO 72ND ST. 1 FT WATER AT 72ND AND VICKSBURG LN JCT. |
| Jun 21, 8:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Minneapolis, MN | WATER FLOWING OVER ROAD AT THE 900 BLOCK ELLIOT AVE DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS |
| Jun 21, 8:24 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Minneapolis, MN | LORING PARK CARS FLOODED - WATER 2 FT DEEP |
| Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nne Minneapolis, MN | 280 UNDERWATER AT BROADWAY |
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nne Minneapolis, MN | WATER UP TO CAR HEADLIGHTS ON BROADWAY AVE. |
| Jun 21, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | St Paul, MN | FLOODING IN CITY STREETS - TIME ESTIMATED |
| Jun 21, 9:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Falcon Heights, MN | MN STATE FAIR GROUNDS - WATER UP TO CAMPER BUMPERS |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.
405
WGUS53 KMPX 220037
FFWMPX
MNC003-037-053-123-220330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0009.130622T0037Z-130622T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
737 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...BLAINE...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN PARK...COON
RAPIDS...EAGAN...EDEN PRAIRIE...MAPLE GROVE...MAPLEWOOD...
MINNETONKA...PLYMOUTH...ROSEVILLE...ST LOUIS PARK...THE LAKE
MINNETONKA AREA AND TWIN CITIES AIRPORT.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE
TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4517 9302 4513 9302 4512 9298 4489 9298
4488 9301 4482 9300 4478 9331 4479 9333
4478 9338 4481 9343 4480 9351 4518 9349
$$
SPDThe 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, 7:48 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 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 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.