Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 11:13 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:08 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.21 | 3 Sw Sherburn, MN | TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | Winnebago, MN | RELAYED BY MEDIA VIA TWITTER. HEAVY RAIN DURATION 18 HOURS |
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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827 WGUS53 KMPX 011613 FFWMPX MNC013-043-091-012000- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0004.140601T1613Z-140601T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1113 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 1112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE 9 AM... WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FAIRMONT... GRANADA... HUNTLEY... WINNEBAGO... DELAVAR... MINNESOTA LAKE... MAPLETON. 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 4374 9486 4397 9377 4374 9377 4352 9485 $$
1 follow-up statement
772 WGUS73 KMPX 011802 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 102 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 MNC013-043-091-011818- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140601T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 102 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH...MARTIN AND NORTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE... ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES. && LAT...LON 4374 9486 4397 9377 4374 9377 4352 9485 $$
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, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more | 6 hr |
| 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, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.