Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2014, 9:53 AM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey 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
- Jun 19, 2014, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 19, 10:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.77 | 3 E Richfield, MN | RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY FOR MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Jun 19, 1:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.95 | 3 E Richfield, MN | RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM AT MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. DAILY PRECIP RECORD. HIGHEST DAILY PRECIP AMOUNT RECORDED IN JUNE. 8TH HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL TOTAL BACK TO 1871 FOR TWIN CITIES. |
| Jun 19, 1:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.61 | 1 S Eden Prairie, MN | RAINFALL TOTAL FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 403 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
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
538
WGUS53 KMPX 191453
FFWMPX
MNC037-053-123-191900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0016.140619T1453Z-140619T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 952 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. AN INCH OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH 1130 AM... AND RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES
HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...BURNSVILLE...DOWNTOWN ST PAUL...EDEN PRAIRIE...MSP
INTL AIRPORT...EAGAN...EDINA...FORT SNELLING...MALL OF AMERICA...
RICHFIELD AND ST PAUL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 4479 9335 4481 9352 4489 9352 4489 9320
4494 9321 4498 9308 4497 9298 4490 9299
4489 9302 4481 9300 4478 9302 4477 9298
4474 9300 4473 9325
$$1 follow-up statement
109
WGUS73 KMPX 191653
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1153 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
MNC037-053-123-191900-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140619T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DAKOTA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-
1153 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN RAMSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN AND NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...
AT 1153 AM CDT...FLOOD CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA OVERIGHT AND
THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY... SO
REMAIN AWARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AFTER
CURRENT WARNINGS EXPIRE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...BURNSVILLE...DOWNTOWN ST PAUL...EDEN PRAIRIE...MSP INTL
AIRPORT...EAGAN...EDINA...FORT SNELLING...MALL OF AMERICA...RICHFIELD
AND ST PAUL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4479 9335 4481 9352 4489 9352 4489 9320
4494 9321 4498 9308 4497 9298 4490 9299
4489 9302 4481 9300 4478 9302 4477 9298
4474 9300 4473 9325
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 12 days |
| Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet and 6 more | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 70 min |
| Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 8:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 4 more | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 11 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 16 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 17 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 12:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 11 days |
| Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.