Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 17, 2014, 1:57 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 17, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2014, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 4:32 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917 WGUS63 KMPX 171857 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 157 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND IMPACT PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS AND STANDING WATER FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ELEVATED STREAMS AND CREEKS...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES. MNZ082>085-091>093-180300- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0004.140618T0000Z-140618T1200Z/ /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 157 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TO ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND ELEVATED STREAMS AND CREEKS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
242 WGUS63 KMPX 180144 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 844 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND IMPACT PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS AND STANDING WATER FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH ELEVATED STREAMS AND CREEKS...ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES. MNZ082>085-091>093-181030- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140618T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 844 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TO ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS AND ELEVATED STREAMS AND CREEKS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BORGHOFF
018 WGUS63 KMPX 180932 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 432 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS COME TO AN END FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. MNZ082>085-091>093-181045- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140618T1200Z/ /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 432 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING HAS COME TO AN END FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 12 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.