Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at May 31, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2014, 3:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.
886 WGUS63 KMPX 311905 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 205 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA. AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-010315- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0001.140531T1905Z-140601T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 205 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MEEKER...MORRISON...SHERBURNE...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ISANTI...KANABEC AND MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS AND SWIFT. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
7 follow-up statements
908 WGUS63 KMPX 010048 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE SEVERAL ROUNDS. MNZ053-060>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-010900- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...GOODHUE... HENNEPIN...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...WASHINGTON AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS TONIGHT COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>052-054>059-010900- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MEEKER...SHERBURNE... STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ISANTI... KANABEC AND MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA... LAC QUI PARLE...POPE AND SWIFT. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS TONIGHT COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-010600- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140601T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MORRISON AND TODD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS AND STEVENS. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH AROUND AN INCH THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
847 WGUS63 KMPX 010558 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1258 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A LARGE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE SEVERAL ROUNDS. MNZ041>043-047-010700- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140601T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 1258 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THIS AREA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED AT THAT TIME. $$ MNZ044-045-048>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-011400- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1258 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BROWN...CARVER... CHIPPEWA...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LAC QUI PARLE...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD... MEEKER...MILLE LACS...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS... SWIFT...WASHINGTON...WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. * SOME AREAS FROM RUSH CITY SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND SOUTH TO NEAR MANKATO WILL BE PRONE TO FLOODING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. THIS IS DUE TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT HAD THE HEAVIER RAINFALL SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ JLT
729 WGUS63 KMPX 011006 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 506 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SINCE SATURDAY...RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY 5 TO 7 INCHES IN A SMALL AREA NEAR SAUK CENTER. PLUS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TWIN CITIES HAVE RANGED FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...AND REDEVELOPMENT TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. MNZ041>043-047-011815- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 506 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MORRISON AND TODD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-011815- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 506 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BROWN...CARVER... CHIPPEWA...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LAC QUI PARLE...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD... MEEKER...MILLE LACS...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS... SWIFT...WASHINGTON...WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ JLT
404 WGUS63 KMPX 011632 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1132 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SINCE SATURDAY... RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY 5 TO 7 INCHES IN A SMALL AREA NEAR SAUK CENTER. WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MNZ082>085-091>093-020045- /O.EXA.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1132 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH... FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ041>043-047-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 1132 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MORRISON AND TODD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>070-073>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-020045- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1132 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BROWN...CARVER... CHIPPEWA...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LAC QUI PARLE...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD... MEEKER...MILLE LACS...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS... SWIFT...WASHINGTON...WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
753 WGUS63 KMPX 012106 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 406 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT...RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED THREE TO SIX INCHES IN MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES IN WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041>043-047-020515- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS 406 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MORRISON AND TODD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS AND STEVENS. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ044-045-048>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 020515- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN- ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...GLENWOOD... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 406 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... CARVER...CHIPPEWA...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN... GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LAC QUI PARLE...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS... NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT... SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...SWIFT...WASECA... WASHINGTON...WATONWAN...WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
316 WGUS63 KMPX 020229 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 929 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...LAST BIT OF HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE REST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD REACH ONE INCH LATE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS. MNZ044-045-047-050>054-058>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-020330- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...LITCHFIELD... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 929 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN HAS NOT MATERIALIZED THIS EVENING AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE...BUT THE FLOODING THREAT HAS DECREASED. $$ MNZ041>043-048-049-055>057-021030- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR 929 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... KANDIYOHI...MORRISON...STEARNS AND TODD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...POPE AND SWIFT. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT MONDAY * ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH 1 INCH POSSIBLE IN SPOTS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL...SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BORGHOFF
386 WGUS63 KMPX 020804 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... .WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK...THE HEAVY RAIN THAT NECESSITATED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ041>043-048-049-055>057-020915- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR 304 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH DAYBREAK...THE HEAVY RAIN THAT NECESSITATED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 31, 1:07 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:07 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 107 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 419 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THE MAIN CONCERN IS HOW WIDESPREAD THE CONVECTION WILL BECOME LATER THIS AFTN ONCE A STRONGER SHRTWV MOVES NE ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATER TONIGHT. THIS SHRTWV WAS EVIDENT MOVING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO/NEBRASKA WITH A LARGE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA. THIS SHOULD BE THE MAIN PLAYER OVERNIGHT AS THIS SHRTWV WILL ENHANCE THE OVERALL LIFT ACROSS MN LATE THIS AFTN/OVERNIGHT. IN THE SHORT TERM...MAINLY THIS MORNING THRU THE EARLY AFTN...COVERAGE WILL REMAIN WIDELY SCATTERED...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MN WHERE AMPLE CAPE/PWATS REMAIN. REGIONAL RADAR DOES SHOW A WEAK CIRCULATION NEAR KABR WHICH IS LIKELY ENHANCING THE CONVECTION ACROSS FAR EASTERN SD AS OF 230 AM. FURTHER TO THE EAST ACROSS FAR EASTERN MN/WC WI...RESIDUAL DRY AIR FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REMAINS IN PLACE WITH DEW PTS STILL IN THE 50S IN THE TWIN CITIES AND EASTWARD INTO WC WI. THESE LOWER DEW PTS WILL KEEP THE BULK OF THE SHRA/TSRA WEST OF THE AREA UNTIL LATER THIS AFTN ONCE THE AFOREMENTIONED SHRTWV MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. POPS/WX GRIDS REFLECT THE CURRENT TRENDS OF THE REGIONAL RADAR THRU MID MORNING. THE HRES MODELS OF THE ARW/NMM AND HOPWRF DEPICT THE ENHANCED AREA OF REFLECTIVITY LATER THIS AFTN ACROSS SW/WC MN...AND MOVING THIS AREA E/NE ACROSS MPX CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS. THE BEST AREAS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES. THIS AREA HAS BOTH THE ENHANCED LIFT AND MOISTURE POOLING WHICH WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD SHRA/TSRA. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ADJUST IF THE SHRTWV IS FURTHER TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH BASED ON REGIONAL RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY. TEMPS WILL ALSO REFLECT THE HIGHER COVERAGE IN WC/CENTRAL MN WHERE AFTN READINGS MAY NOT RISE INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S. FURTHER SOUTH TEMPS SHOULD RISE INTO THE 80S...BUT WITH LOTS OF HIGH CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOW OFF FROM MORNING TSRA...MID TO UPPER 80S WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO IA/SE MN AND PARTS OF WC WI. SVR WX THREAT WILL BE ISOLD DUE TO LOWER SHEAR VALUES DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS. HOWEVER...CAPES IN THE -10 TO -30C FOR HAIL DEVELOPMENT MAY BE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ISOLD SVR HAIL LATER THIS AFTN DURING PEAK HEATING. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 419 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SUN WILL START OFF WITH AN ELONGATED NE- SW SFC FRONT STRETCHING ACRS NW MN INTO ERN SD AND CENTRAL NE. ALOFT...FLOW WILL BE FAIRLY WEAK BUT DEVOID OF ANY PRONOUNCED JETTING BOTH IN THE BROAD SENSE AND MORE MESOSCALE STREAKS. THE SFC FLOW AHEAD OF THE SFC FRONT WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY SLY SO THIS WILL MAINTAIN A DEEP MOISTURE PROFILE IN ADVANCE OF THE SFC FRONT...WHICH WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS EWD DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF NEXT WEEK. THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE PWATS ARND 1.5 INCHES EACH DAY...WELL ABOVE NORMAL...PARTICULARLY IN THE SENSE THAT IT WILL BE PROLONGED OVER SEVERAL DAYS. GIVEN THE MODEST INSTABILITY WITH WEAK TO NO CAPPING ALOFT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY SUN THROUGH MON. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THE WEAK STORM MOTION WITHIN THE PLENTIFULLY MOIST ATMOS. LAPSE RATES LOOK TO MITIGATE ANY LARGE HAIL CONCERNS WHILE WEAK MULTIPLE-LEVEL JETTING LOOK TO MITIGATE STRONG WIND CONCERNS...SO ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE THE ISOLD LARGE HAIL OR MICROBURST-TYPE STORMS...THE RISK FOR SEVERE WX IS LOW. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE AN ISSUE SUN THRU MON...THEN THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE REGION LATE MON INTO MON NIGHT...ALLOWING HIGH PRES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE N MON NIGHT INTO TUE. PRECIP CHCS WILL BE MUCH LOWER MON NIGHT INTO TUE WITH THE MUCH MORE STABLE ATMOS. AS FOR TEMPS...THE WARM/MOIST CONDS WILL CONTINUE SUN-MON AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS HIGHS REACH THE MID 70S THRU LWR 80S WITH DEWPTS INTO THE MID-UPR 60S. POST- FRONT...HIGHS WILL ONLY HIT THE LWR 70S ON TUE WITH DEWPTS BACK INTO THE MID-50S. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ANOTHER WELL-ORGANIZED LOW PRES CENTER DEVELOPING IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES TUE NIGHT INTO WED WILL ATTEMPT TO SHIFT NE INTO THE MID-UPR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR WED INTO THU. HOWEVER...EXPANDING HIGH PRES OVER THE UPR MISS RIVER VALLEY LOOKS TO KEEP THIS AREA OF LOW PRES SUPPRESSED TO THE S...HENCE THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE IN FAR SRN MN THEN DROPPING GOING NWD...BUT POPS NO HIGHER THAN THE CHC CATEGORY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THRU THU...THEN LOOKS TO SHIFT OFF TO THE E ON FRI...POSSIBLY ALLOWING ANOTHER ELONGATED SFC FRONT INTO THE N-CENTRAL CONUS. VARYING SOLNS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THE SCENARIO ATTM SO HAVE KEPT THE FCST MAINLY DRY GOING INTO FRI UNTIL A STRONGER SOLN FOR PRECIP DEVELOPS. TEMPS DO LOOK TO REMAIN SEASONABLY COOL...SEVERAL DEGREES LOWER THAN NORMAL... FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGHS WILL ONLY CLIMB TO THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S WHILE LOWS BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW-MID 50S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 FRONT STILL EXTENDS FROM NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA...BUT LATE NIGHT STORMS SAGGED SOUTH INTO CENTRAL MN... AND MORE STORMS DEVELOPED LATE MORNING FROM NERN MN TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEREFORE WEST CENTRAL MN MAY BE WITHOUT THUNDER FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. POCKET OF MORE STABLE AIR AND NO STORMS AT THIS TIME IN EAST CENTRAL MN INTO WISCONSIN...BUT THIS WILL GIVE WAY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE REACHED. THEREFORE WILL EXPAND MENTION OF THUNDER TO THE ENTIRE AREA FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDER WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMING SHORT WAVE NOW IN NEBRASKA AND MCV IN SOUTH DAKOTA. LIFT FROM THESE SHOULD TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING...AND ONLY HAVE SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. COULD WELL BE SOME MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES LATE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE PRECIP. KMSP... SCATTERED STORMS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ARE ON THE DOORSTEP OF KMSP...MOVING NNE...SO HAVE TSRA IN THE FORECAST AFTER 19Z. WILL NEED TO MENTION THUNDER THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AS INSTABILITY REMAINS HIGH AHEAD OF INCOMING SHORT WAVE. CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THUNDER. ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED WITH PLENTY OF HUMIDITY...AND SOME DOWNPOURS COULD BRING VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1-2 MILES FOR BRIEF PERIODS. IT WILL NOT BE THUNDERING THE ENTIRE TIME OF COURSE...BUT SCATTERED NATURE OF STORMS SUGGESTS IT WILL FREQUENTLY BE ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN. OTHER CONCERN WILL BE LATER TONIGHT WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE IN THE WAKE OF THE PRECIP. CONFIDENCE ONLY AVERAGE ON THIS. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON...OCCASIONAL SHRA/TSRA. PERIODS OF MVFR AND BRIEF IFR CONDS EXPECTED WITH HEAVIER SHRA/TSRA. WINDS S ARND 10 KTS. TUE...MVFR POSSIBLE WITH SCHC TSRA EARLY...THEN VFR. WIND WNW 10-15 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JLT LONG TERM...JPC AVIATION...TDK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 011730- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY STRONGER STORM WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. WEAK STORM MOTION PRODUCING CONTINUAL HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH SOGGY SOIL CONDITIONS MAY PRODUCE QUICK STREAM RISES AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF IN URBAN AREAS. FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH FEWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS LOW...BUT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE. THERE IS STILL THE RISK THAT THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE BURSTS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
930 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 WNW ALBANY 45.65N 94.63W
05/31/2014 E2.00 INCH STEARNS MN STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 157 BLOCKED OFF DUE TO
LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ON ROADWAY BETWEEN ALBANY AND
FREEPORT. ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS IN AREA
PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WATER FROM LOCAL CREEKS.
&&
AJZLocal storm report, May 31, 9:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
937 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 WNW ALBANY 45.65N 94.63W
05/31/2014 STEARNS MN STORM CHASER
STORM CHASER REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 157 BLOCKED OFF DUE TO
LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ON ROADWAY BETWEEN ALBANY AND
FREEPORT. ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS DIRT ROADS IN AREA
PARTIALLY COVERED WITH WATER FROM LOCAL CREEKS.
&&
AJZLocal storm report, May 31, 10:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1027 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 W ALBANY 45.63N 94.59W
05/31/2014 STEARNS MN STORM CHASER
TWO TO THREE FEET OF WATER MOVING ACROSS ROAD.
&&
AJZLocal storm report, May 31, 10:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1029 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 AM HEAVY RAIN BROWERVILLE 46.09N 94.87W
05/31/2014 M2.90 INCH TODD MN BROADCAST MEDIA
OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 7 HOURS
&&
AJZThe 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, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.