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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 1, 201410 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 4:05 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr. 34 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 1, 2014, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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 1, 5:49 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Eden Prairie, MN	MUDSLIDE REPORTED IN BACK YARD NEAR BURR RIDGE LANE.
Jun 1, 6:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.51	Chaska, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 6:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.91	2 Nnw Coon Rapids, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 6:44 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.5	Watertown, MN	TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.
Jun 1, 6:51 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Eagan, MN	WATER OVER ROADWAY AT INTERSECTION OF PILOT KNOB AND DEERWOOD ROADS.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.02	2 W New Hope, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. MEASURED 2 MILES ENE OF PLYMOUTH.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.18	3 Se Lake Elmo, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.25	3 Ne Burnsville, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.36	2 W Prior Lake, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.4	6 S Long Lake, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM SHOREWOOD.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.61	3 Sse Lake Elmo, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL 4 MILES NE OF WOODBURY.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.68	1 W Carver, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.74	2 E Eagan, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM WESCOTT.
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.23	Victoria, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.83	5 Sw Long Lake, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FROM SPRING PARK.
Jun 1, 7:03 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 W Belle Plaine, MN	COUNTY OFFICIALS BLOCKED OFF PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 6 AND CRAHAN ROAD DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.
Jun 1, 7:05 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	St Paul Park, MN	SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND WATER IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES. FLOODING CONTINUED UNTIL AROUND 9 AM.
Jun 1, 7:07 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cottage Grove, MN	SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND IN BASEMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
Jun 1, 7:07 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cottage Grove, MN	SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND IN BASEMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES. FLOODING CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS.
Jun 1, 7:10 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Woodbury, MN	SEVERAL REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND IN BASEMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES. FLOODING CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS.
Jun 1, 7:25 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.8	Maple Plain, MN	TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.
Jun 1, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.7	2 Nnw Osseo, MN	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. MEASURED 3 MILES NE OF MAPLE GROVE.
Jun 1, 8:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.6	2 N Watertown, MN	TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.
Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.04	Richfield, MN	TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.
Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.5	Cottage Grove, MN	REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING.
Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.83	2 E Shakopee, MN	CULVERTS AT CAPACITY FROM RUNOFF
Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Champlin, MN	REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK
Jun 1, 9:05 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Plymouth, MN	WATER OVER THE ROAD AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
Jun 1, 9:08 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.7	2 Ne Jordan, MN	24-HOUR TOTAL
Jun 1, 9:08 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Cottage Grove, MN	24-HOUR TOTAL
Jun 1, 9:10 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Orono, MN	WATER OVER THE ROAD AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
Jun 1, 9:12 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mound, MN	WATER OVER THE ROAD WITHIN THE CITY AT A FEW LOCATIONS.
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.95	Rockford, MN	REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.2	Coon Rapids, MN	REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK.

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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

546 
WGUS53 KMPX 010905
FFWMPX
MNC003-019-037-053-085-123-139-143-163-171-011500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0003.140601T0905Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
405 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 401 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TO MOVE ACROSS    
  THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE   
  AVERAGED BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY 
  THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES 
  SINCE 6 PM ON SATURDAY. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE AS HIGH AS THREE 
  INCHES PER HOUR AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
  10 AM.   

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 
  WARNED AREA ARE ALREADY BANK FULL AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
  WILL CAUSE THESE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE
TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4449 9421 4516 9418 4529 9278 4508 9278
      4505 9280 4504 9278 4479 9278 4475 9280
      4474 9278 4469 9279 4454 9345 4455 9391
      4451 9388 4446 9394

$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

437 
WGUS73 KMPX 011113
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
613 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

MNC003-019-037-053-085-123-139-143-163-171-011500-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANOKA MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-HENNEPIN MN-MCLEOD MN-RAMSEY MN-SCOTT 
MN-SIBLEY MN-WASHINGTON MN-WRIGHT MN-
613 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN WRIGHT...
WASHINGTON...EASTERN SIBLEY...SCOTT...RAMSEY...EASTERN MCLEOD...
HENNEPIN...NORTHERN DAKOTA...CARVER AND SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL
1000 AM CDT...

AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
RAINFALL RATES HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA SINCE 5 AM. 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 
AM...WITH A SLOW DECREASE BY MID MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN 
THE WARNED AREA COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
BY 10 AM. AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN THE WARNED 
AREA ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4449 9421 4516 9418 4529 9278 4508 9278
      4505 9280 4504 9278 4479 9278 4475 9280
      4474 9278 4469 9279 4454 9345 4455 9391
      4451 9388 4446 9394

$$

JLT

577 
WGUS73 KMPX 011259
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

MNC003-019-037-053-085-123-139-143-163-171-011500-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANOKA MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-HENNEPIN MN-MCLEOD MN-RAMSEY MN-SCOTT 
MN-SIBLEY MN-WASHINGTON MN-WRIGHT MN-
759 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT...
WASHINGTON...EASTERN SIBLEY...SCOTT...RAMSEY...EASTERN MCLEOD...
HENNEPIN...NORTHERN DAKOTA...CARVER AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 755 AM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND REPORTS FROM OBSERVERS INDICATE 
THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS 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 MINNEAPOLIS...DOWNTOWN ST PAUL...
EDEN PRAIRIE...SHAKOPEE...ST LOUIS PARK...AFTON STATE 
PARK...CHANHASSEN...CHASKA...EAGAN...EDINA...EXCELSIOR...LAKEVILLE...
MINNETONKA...NEW PRAGUE AND NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.

RESIDENTS NEAR MINNEHAHA CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING. THE 
CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CREST WELL ABOVE THE LEVEL IT REACHED IN LATE 
MAY. 

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4449 9421 4498 9418 4523 9278 4510 9277
      4507 9280 4504 9278 4469 9280 4454 9345
      4455 9391 4451 9388 4446 9394

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec	34 min
Jun 1, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	41 min
Jun 1, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift	65 min
Jun 1, 10:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Stearns	5 days
Jun 1, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Martin	82 min
Jun 1, 11:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin	4 hr
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn	30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.