Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 14, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi 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, 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, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466 WGUS63 KMPX 142022 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 322 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .AFTER A ROUND OF SOAKING RAIN TODAY...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-150500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.140615T0000Z-140615T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 322 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA... BENTON...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA... FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS... MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD...RENVILLE... RICE... SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...TODD... WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN... BARRON...PIERCE...POLK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LAND AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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/DWE
3 follow-up statements
166 WGUS63 KMPX 150525 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1225 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .AFTER A ROUND OF SOAKING RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCH FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BACK INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. REPEATED ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-151330- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140615T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 1225 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 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...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... REDWOOD...RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS...STEELE...TODD...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...PIERCE...POLK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LAND AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
829 WGUS63 KMPX 150950 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 450 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT CONTINUES THIS MORNING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN IN THE VICINITY OF RED WING...INCLUDING GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA AND PIERCE COUNTY WISCONSIN...WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH LOCALIZED 2 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES REMAIN THE MOST VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THE OVERNIGHT RAINFALL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-151500- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140615T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 450 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 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...BLUE EARTH...BROWN... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... REDWOOD...RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS...STEELE...TODD...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...PIERCE...POLK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL CONTAIN BOUTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LAND AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
399 WGUS63 KMPX 151454 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 954 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. RAINFALL ACTIVITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY MIDDAY. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN HIGH AS THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RUN OFF...PARTICULARLY AS MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ042>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 015-023-024-151600- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140615T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...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...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT 954 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. RAINFALL ACTIVITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED THIS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END BY MIDDAY. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN HIGH AS THE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO RUN OFF...PARTICULARLY AS MUCH OF THE AREA HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:18 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Nicollet and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2014Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.