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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 20145 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:42 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2014, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Owatonna, MNWATER OVER THE ROAD AT 28TH ST AND AUSTIN ROAD.
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 E Hope, MNCOUNTY ROAD 45 BLOCKED OFF DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAY.
Jun 16, 8:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 S Owatonna, MNWATER OVER ROAD JUST SOUTH OF OWATONNA.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

966 
WGUS53 KMPX 162342
FFWMPX
MNC013-043-047-147-161-170230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0008.140616T2342Z-140617T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA... WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
  AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF. RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO AN
  INCH AND A HALF HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES... AND
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF
  IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OWATONNA AND RICE LAKE STATE PARK.

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 4381 9394 4393 9390 4402 9341 4420 9340
      4419 9304 4372 9304 4362 9392

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBrown7 days
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine24 days
Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 10 more13 hr
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle65 min
Jun 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift54 min
Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine3 hr
Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley3 hr
Jun 16, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin44 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan44 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin37 min
Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more9 hr
Jun 16, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan52 min
Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin56 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca4 hr
Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin31 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan58 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin62 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth44 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth36 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Waseca49 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn58 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca3 hr
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele40 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn31 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.