Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2014, 7:33 AM CDT for Morrison County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- May 31, 2014, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2014, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Albany, MN | STORM CHASER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 157 BLOCKED OFF DUE TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ON ROADWAY BETWEEN ALBANY AND FREEPORT. ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS IN AREA PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WATER FROM LOCAL CREEKS. |
| May 31, 9:15 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 3 Wnw Albany, MN | STORM CHASER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 157 BLOCKED OFF DUE TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ON ROADWAY BETWEEN ALBANY AND FREEPORT. ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS IN AREA PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WATER FROM LOCAL CREEKS. |
| May 31, 10:17 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Albany, MN | TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER MOVING ACROSS ROAD. |
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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 532 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952
WGUS53 KMPX 311233
FFWMPX
MNC097-145-311630-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0001.140531T1233Z-140531T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN LIGHTENS
UP.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALBANY AND FREEPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SOUTH TWO RIVER...HAY CREEK...STONY CREEK...NORTH FORK CROW
RIVER...LITTLE ROCK CREEK...TWO RIVER...GETCHELL CREEK...SPUNK
CREEK...NORTH TWO RIVER...BEAUTIFUL CREEK...SKUNK RIVER...PLATTE
RIVER...KRAIN CREEK...LITTLE TWO RIVER...ELMDALE CREEK...TAYLOR
CREEK AND SWAN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4589 9419 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9431
4542 9475 4543 9512 4591 9449
$$
FRANKS1 follow-up statement
542
WGUS73 KMPX 311451
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
951 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
MNC097-145-311630-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140531T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRISON MN-STEARNS MN-
951 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN STEARNS AND
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...
AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING...AND ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVE
LIKELY SEEN OVER 4 INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ALBANY
AND FREEPORT.
WE HAVE HAD REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING ON A FEW LOCAL ROADWAYS IN
THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY ROAD 157 BETWEEN FREEPORT AND ALBANY IS
REPORTEDLY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SPOTTER
REPORTS OF WATER FLOWING OVER A FEW RURAL ROADS IN STEARNS COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SOUTH TWO
RIVER...HAY CREEK...STONY CREEK...SAUK RIVER...LITTLE ROCK
CREEK...TWO RIVER...GETCHELL CREEK...SPUNK CREEK...BEAUTIFUL
CREEK...SKUNK RIVER...PLATTE RIVER...KRAIN CREEK...LITTLE TWO
RIVER...ELMDALE CREEK...TAYLOR CREEK AND SWAN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4589 9419 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9431
4542 9475 4543 9512 4591 9449
$$
FRANKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 116 min |
| May 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 hr |
| May 31, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 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.