Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2014, 6:05 PM CDT for Morrison County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Melrose, MN | WATER FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD 4 NEAR THE SAUK RIVER. |
| May 31, 8:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Meire Grove, MN | FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG US-71 SOUTH OF SAUK CENTRE. TO THIS POINT THE ROAD REMAINS OPEN. |
| May 31, 8:53 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.43 | 3 Sse Sauk Centre, MN | 24 HOUR TOTAL AT THE SAUK CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
499
WGUS53 KMPX 312305
FFWMPX
MNC097-145-153-010500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0002.140531T2305Z-140601T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
605 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. THIS AREA RECEIVED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...
AND CURRENT ROUND OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES
THROUGH THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LONG
PRAIRIE AND SAUK CENTRE.
MANY AREAS OF NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY HAD FLOODING WITH RAINFALL THIS
MORNING...AND SOILS REMAIN SATURATED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL GOING
STRAIGHT TO RUNOFF. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FURTHER FLASH FLOODING OF
WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 4592 9429 4542 9483 4544 9510 4552 9514
4567 9514 4608 9481
$$
MPG2 follow-up statements
490
WGUS73 KMPX 010252
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
952 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
MNC097-145-153-010500-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140601T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRISON MN-STEARNS MN-TODD MN-
952 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD...
WESTERN STEARNS AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT...
AT 951 PM CDT...WHILE THE RAIN HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN TODAY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ANY FLOODED AREAS MAY BE SLOW
TO RECEDE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 4592 9429 4542 9483 4544 9510 4552 9514
4567 9514 4608 9481
$$
BORGHOFF949
WGUS73 KMPX 010456
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
MNC097-145-153-010507-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140601T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRISON MN-STEARNS MN-TODD MN-
1156 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TODD...WESTERN STEARNS AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
ALTHOUGH THE FLOODING HAS ENDED...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN THE WARNED
AREA HAVE DEBRIS ON THEM AND SOME ARE CLOSED DUE TO THE DEBRIS. SOME
OF THESE COUNTY ROADS WERE IN SAUK CENTER TOWNSHIP...GROVE TOWNSHIP
AND GETTY TOWNSHIP IN STEARNS COUNTY. IN ADDITION...COUNTY ROADS HAD
DEBRIS ON THEM IN SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SOME OF
THE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE CONTACT THE
LOCAL HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4592 9429 4542 9483 4544 9510 4552 9514
4567 9514 4608 9481
$$
JLTThe 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, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 4 hr |
| May 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 37 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.