Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 14, 2013, 3:05 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 14, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2013, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2013, 3:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
599 WGUS63 KMPX 140805 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING... .MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES. PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THIS RECENT RAINFALL ...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOODED AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ092-093-141615- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.130614T2100Z-130616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 305 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
664 WGUS63 KMPX 141548 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1048 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY FOR FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SHOWERS... WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS... ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TONIGHT. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR ON SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. BOUTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH ANY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... THERE IS A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR IN AN HOUR OR TWO IN ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO CREEKS...STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADS IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. MNZ092-093-150000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.130614T2100Z-130616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1048 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES. * FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$ RAH
873 WGUS63 KMPX 150207 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 907 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY FOR FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN COUNTIES IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT NEAR THE IOWA BORDER WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. BOUTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH ANY OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD OCCUR IN AN HOUR OR TWO IN ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD CAUSE QUICK RISES OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADS IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS. MNZ092-093-151015- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 907 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...FARIBAULT AND FREEBORN. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
763 WGUS63 KMPX 150855 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BUT THIS ACTIVITY WILL NOT BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY WILL ONLY AMOUNT TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH...AT BEST...WITH MOST LOCALES PICKING UP A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL WARMING ANTICIPATED TODAY...HAS LESSENED THE AMOUNT OF SATURATED SOIL PRESENT OVER THE WARNED AREA. MNZ092-093-151000- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 355 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED MARKEDLY ACROSS THE REGION. $$
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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.