Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at May 18, 2013, 2:44 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 31 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2013, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 10:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 40 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 390 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
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WGUS63 KMPX 181944 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 244 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT... .ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ANOTHER NIGHT OF ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AREAS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST STORMS COULD GET ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOOD AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ041>045-047>052-190345- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0001.130519T0200Z-130519T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 244 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO CAMBRIDGE. * FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * A COMBINATION OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ CLF/RAH
6 follow-up statements
540 WGUS63 KMPX 190227 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 927 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...MORE HEAVY RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .AROUND TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN...WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH TOTALS...FELL ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ANOTHER ROUND OF ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST STORMS COULD GET ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOOD AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ041>045-047>052-191030- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130519T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 927 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...MORRISON...SHERBURNE...STEARNS AND TODD. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ISANTI...KANABEC AND MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS...POPE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * A COMBINATION OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
056 WGUS63 KMPX 190930 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ACTIVE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH SOME OF THE RAIN BEING HEAVY AT TIMES AND IN PROLONGED DURATIONS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOOD AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 192230- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... HENNEPIN...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...NICOLLET... RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>052-192230- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE 430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...MORRISON...SHERBURNE...STEARNS AND TODD. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ISANTI...KANABEC AND MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS...POPE AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
803 WGUS63 KMPX 191959 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE TONIGHT. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO FIVE INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOODED AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-200500- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 259 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...DOUGLAS...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...STEVENS...TODD... WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
723 WGUS63 KMPX 200324 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO FIVE INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOODED AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-201130- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...DOUGLAS...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...STEVENS...TODD... WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
021 WGUS63 KMPX 201001 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 501 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO FIVE INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOODED AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-210000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 501 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...DOUGLAS...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT... SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...STEVENS...TODD... WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
586 WGUS63 KMPX 201549 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1049 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THESE WILL NOT BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS MOST AREAS WILL BE AROUND A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR AN INCH POSSIBLE. MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-201700- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1049 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE REGION. $$ JRB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 18, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 108 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 TODAY-TONIGHT...BROAD-SCALE RIDGE AXIS JUST E OF THE AREA THIS MRNG...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E WHILE A LARGE BROAD-SCALE TROUGH SHIFTS E THROUGH THE 4-CORNERS REGION. THOUGH OVERALL RIDGING HAS SHIFTED E...MINOR BUBBLE RIDGES WITHIN THE DEVELOPING SW FLOW WILL PREVENT FAIRLY WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FROM DEVELOPING DURG THE DAY TDA. HOWEVER...THAT DOES NOT RULE OUT ISOLD TO SCATTERED CONVECTION FROM THIS MRNG THROUGH THE DAY TDA. HAVE ALREADY SEEN A HANDFUL OF SEVERE TSTM WRNGS...INCLUDING SOME VERIFYING WITH HAIL AS LARGE AS 1.5 INCHES. STORM INTENSITY WILL GENERALLY STAY ON THE TAME SIDE OF SEVERE THRU MUCH OF THE DAY TDA WHILE CONDITIONS RAMP UP FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SEVERE TSTMS LATER THIS EVE AND TNGT. ONE LOW PRES CENTER IDENTIFIED OVER THE WRN DAKOTAS THIS MRNG WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH ANOTHER LOW PRES CENTER OVER WRN NE/KS. AS THE NRN LOW SHIFTS NE...IT WILL HELP DRAG A WMFNT NE THRU SRN AND CENTRAL MN. THIS WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW A SURGE OF WARM AIR INTO LOWER MN...PUSHING HIGH TEMPS INTO THE LOW-MID 80S...BUT ALSO MAINTAIN DEWPOINTS INTO THE 60S. THEN...AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS FURTHER TO THE E...MORE PRONOUNCED MERIDIONAL FLOW WITH LOWERING HEIGHTS WILL ENHANCE LIFT. STEEP LAPSE RATES ALONG WITH A TONGUE OF MUCH HIGHER INSTABILITY WILL SURGE INTO WRN MN TNGT...HELPING ENHANCE THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF TSTMS TNGT. SPC MAINTAINS A SLGT RISK OF SEVERE TSTMS IN ITS SWODY1...BUT THE TIMING IS STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...LOOKING AT THE EVOLUTION OF THE TROUGH AND THE MAINTENANCE OF RIDGING THRU THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY...WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS EVE THRU TNGT AS THE PERIOD WHERE SEVERE TSTMS LOOK TO OCCUR. MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS...WITH ISOLD TORNADOES AS A SECONDARY HAZARD SINCE CONDS ARE LESS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 348 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THE MORE SIGNFICANT THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTS THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. THE SURFACE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES TOWARD NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BY SUNDAY EVENING. WILL LIKELY SEE ACTIVITY WANE FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT CONVECTION OVER THE CWA INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE..REDEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR QUICKLY DURING THE DAY. THE FOCUS SHOULD SHIFT WEST AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY NEARER THE NEBRASKA LOW. A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW PIVOTS SLOWLY EAST. FORECAST SOUNDING FOR MSP INDICATES AROUND 2000 J/KG CAPE WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES 7.5-8 C/KM. 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 KTS DURING THE EVENING AS THE WAVE ROTATES NORTHEAST. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR LOCATION OF SURFACE FRONT AND OCCLUDING LOW LATER INTO THE EVENING FOR ANY POSSIBLE TORNADO THREAT. MCS DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY OCCUR INTO SOUTHERN MN...WITH HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE AS PWAT IS FORECAST TO EXCEED 1.6 INCHES. THE OCCLUDED SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SAG SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. WILL LIKELY STILL MAINTAIN A THUNDER THREAT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. COULD SEE SOME STRONG STORMS YET IN THE EASTERN CWA (MAINLY WISCONSIN) FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH DAYTIME HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION CAN TAKE PLACE. AGAIN HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES FORECASTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL BACK TO BELOW NORMAL READINGS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER REMAINING IN THE AREA. WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS SHOULD FOLLOW THEREAFTER AS THE UPPER LOW EXITS THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS/RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPS AND THIS SHOULD EXTEND INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MORNING STORMS LEFT BEHIND AN AREA OF MVFR CIGS AND EVEN SOME IFR VSBYS IN SPOTS FROM WEST CENTRAL MN INTO WISC. THIS WILL HANG ON FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO AT PLACES LIKE AXN/STC/RNH...WHICH ARE FARTHER NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN MN. ANOTHER ISSUE IS POTENTIAL FOR MVFR FOG TONIGHT IN EASTERN MN AND WISC WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND SOUTHEAST WINDS. THIRD ISSUE IS DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL MN PER HOPWRF AND OTHER SHORT TERM MODELS. NORTHEAST MOVEMENT TO INDIVIDUAL STORMS BUT OVERALL AREA GRADUALLY TRANSLATES EASTWARD...REACHING EASTERN MN AND WESTERN WISC 08Z-12Z. KMSP...DRY WEATHER IN WAKE OF MORNING STORMS. NAM SUGGESTS REDEVELOPING STORMS IN WESTERN MN REACHING KMSP SHORTLY AFTER 00Z THIS EVENING BUT MOST SHORT TERM MODELS HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. THUS HAVE PRECIP AT KMSP NOT UNTIL 10Z. COULD WELL BE TWO OR THREE HOURS OF THUNDER BUT HAVE NOT ADDED THAT WITH UNCERTAIN TIMING. SOME GUSTS POSSIBLE AROUND 20 KTS THIS AFTERNOON PER KMPX SOUNDING. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN NIGHT...MVFR CIGS/VSBY. LIKELY SHRA/TSRA WITH CHC IFR. S-SE WINDS 8-12 KTS. MON...VFR/MVFR CIGS. CHC SHRA/TSRA. S WIND 10-15 KTS. TUE...VFR/MVFR CIGS. CHC SHRA/TSRA. E-NE WIND 5 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JPC LONG TERM...DWE AVIATION...TDK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 137 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 191845- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 137 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST WITH TIME. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NEAR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...TO ST. CLOUD...TO MANKATO TONIGHT. HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION TO THE SLIGHT RISK FOR HAIL AND WIND IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA DUE TO THE COMBINATION HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL TODAY AND EXPECTED RAINFALL TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES BY TUESDAY. THESE RAIN AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS...STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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Special weather statement, May 18, 9:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MNZ060>063-067>070-181445- ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SCOTT-SIBLEY-WASHINGTON- 908 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER ANOKA...CARVER...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN... RAMSEY...SCOTT...SIBLEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM CDT... AT 906 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WACONIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... COLOGNE. WACONIA. ST BONIFACIUS. VICTORIA. CHASKA. SHOREWOOD. LAT...LON 4520 9313 4493 9297 4457 9404 4495 9382 TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 242DEG 24KT 4479 9385
Local storm report, May 18, 9:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
915 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0913 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW EDINA 44.88N 93.37W
05/18/2013 M1.83 INCH HENNEPIN MN COCORAHS
LAST 4 HOURS.
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, May 18, 9:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
917 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0916 AM HEAVY RAIN CHANHASSEN 44.86N 93.56W
05/18/2013 E1.53 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
LAST 4 HOURS.
&&
CARLYONLocal storm report, May 18, 10:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1018 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 AM HEAVY RAIN LESTER PRAIRIE 44.88N 94.04W
05/18/2013 M2.04 INCH MCLEOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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LRSLocal storm report, May 18, 11:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1123 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1122 AM HEAVY RAIN BLOOMINGTON 44.83N 93.32W
05/18/2013 M2.42 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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LRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 28 min |
| May 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 50 min |
| May 18, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| May 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey | 37 min |
| May 18, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 61 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.