Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 18, 2014, 2:41 PM CDT for 31 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2014, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 37 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
968 WGUS63 KMPX 181941 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 241 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE SOIL CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS. THEREFORE THE EXPECTED ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-190345- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0005.140619T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 241 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH... BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET... RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HIGHLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
725 WGUS63 KMPX 190159 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 859 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE SOIL CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS. THEREFORE...THE EXPECTED ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. MNZ047-054>057-064>067-191100- /O.EXA.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD 859 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE... STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-191100- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 859 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HIGHLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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
954 WGUS63 KMPX 190959 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SOIL CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION...WHERE 3 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE FRIDAY. WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA INTO TONIGHT...THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS ACTIVITY COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. MNZ058>061-068-069-191800- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-CARVER-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MEEKER AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ MNZ062-063-070-WIZ023>028-191800- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ MNZ057-065>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-191800- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON... GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...RENVILLE AND SIBLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HIGHLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MNZ047-054>056-064-191500- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140619T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ MNZ078-191800- /O.EXT.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING 459 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...GOODHUE. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HIGHLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
751 WGUS63 KMPX 191721 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1221 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SOIL CONDITIONS REMAIN EXTREMELY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION...WHERE 3 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 72 HOURS. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS ACTIVITY COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND ADDITIONAL RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. MNZ057>061-065>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-200130- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1221 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD... MEEKER...RENVILLE...SIBLEY AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HIGHLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * 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. && $$ MNZ062-063-070-078-WIZ023>028-200130- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1221 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...DAKOTA...GOODHUE...RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA...DUNN... EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. * RAPID RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE LIKELY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING AND RISING LAKE LEVELS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
806 WGUS63 KMPX 200103 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 803 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD THREAT RAPIDLY DECLINING AS RAIN DIMINISHES... .AFTER SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE AREA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...THE LAST ROUND IS DIMINISHING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY BE LIGHT AND NOT CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS. HOWEVER...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR STANDING WATER...CLOSED ROADS...AND VERY HIGH RIVERS...LAKES AND STREAMS. MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL CONTINUE RISING DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH MODERATE OR MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. CONSULT THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. MNZ057>061-065>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-200215- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO... MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 803 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ062-063-070-078-WIZ023>028-200215- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-140620T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE... RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 803 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BORGHOFF
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 Jun 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1222 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 311 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 YET ANOTHER STORMY SHORT TERM PERIOD IS ON TAP WITH THIS PERIOD LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE TREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING. AT 4 AM...THE WARM FRONT WAS SPLAYED OUT FROM NEAR YANKTON ENE TO JUST NORTH OF I-90 IN SRN MN. YET ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT OF THE LLJ HAS PROVIDED ENOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT TO OVERCOME THE CAP THE MOVED IN YESTERDAY TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO BLOSSOM ACROSS THE MN/IA BORDER REGION. STORMS IN THE MPX CWA HAVE REMAINED MAINLY ELEVATED...THOUGH STORMS ACROSS NRN IA HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BASICALLY MAINTAIN THEIR SFC CONNECTION...HENCE THE TORNADO THAT HAPPENED IN THE SPENCER AREA AFTER 1 AM. THOUGH NOT ROOTED AT THE SFC...PWATS NEAR 1.75" COMBINED WITH FREEZING LEVELS OVER 14K FEET HAS RESULTED IN RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 IN/HR OVERNIGHT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY DRIFT EAST WHILE WEAKENING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE LLJ BEGINS TO VEER OVER TO THE EAST AND WEAKEN THE REST OF THE MORNING. BASED ON THE HRRR AND RAP H85 MOISTURE TRANSPORT FORECAST...EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO HANG AROUND THROUGH ABOUT 15Z BEFORE WE GET INTO ANOTHER PRECIP BREAK THAT LOOKS TO LAST MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. MAIN QUESTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON IS WHERE WILL THE WARM FRONT SETUP. ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW WILL AGAIN FORCE THE WARM FRONT SOUTH INTO IA...LIKELY DOWN TO NEAR THE I-80 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO THAT...IN THE WAKE OF THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION...THE RAP SHOWS THE 12C ISOTHERM AT H7 WORKING BACK UP INTO CENTRAL MN...WHICH WILL PUT A LID ON THINGS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...MUCH LIKE WE JUST SAW YESTERDAY. LOOKING AT LLJ EVOLUTION...DURING THE AFTERNOON...IT WILL BACK TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE ERN DAKOTAS...WHICH WILL SHIFT THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MS VALLEY BACK INTO THE DAKOTAS BY THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...DELAYED ANY RAMP UP IN POPS TO LIKELIES UNTIL AFTER 00Z...TRYING ORIENT THINGS TOWARD THE NSSL/NMM/ARW WRFS...WHICH SHOW STORMS BLOSSOMING ONCE AGAIN AFTER 3Z. THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE WARM FRONT...WHICH LOOKS TO SURGE NORTH OUT OF IA THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THE SFC LOW CURRENTLY OVER NE COLORADO WORKING OVER TO NEAR ABERDEEN TONIGHT. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE SEVERE THREAT? WELL...ONE THING THAT IS FOR SURE IS INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE ISSUE...AS WE SHOULD SEE MLCAPES IN THE WARM SECTOR AGAIN PUSH 5000 J/KG. FOR A TORNADO THREAT...WE WOULD HAVE TO BANK ON ACTIVITY FORMING ALONG THE WARM FRONT AS IT MOVES NORTH. INSTEAD...FEEL OUR MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL EXIST MAINLY OVERNIGHT WITH ANY SORT OF SYSTEM THAT COMES OUT OF THE DAKOTAS DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AS IT WORKS INTO MN OVERNIGHT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR LOOKS TO BE MARGINALLY WEAKER WEDNESDAY GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE...BUT THE STRONG INSTABILITY AND STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KEEP A WIND/HAIL TREAT GOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS WELL. DECIDED ON NOT ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME AS THERE IS ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THIS ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL SET UP THAT IT WAS TO DIFFICULT TO NARROW DOWN A CORRIDOR FOR WHERE ONE WOULD BE NEEDED. WITH THE 00Z CAMS...THERE IS A FAVORED CORRIDOR FOR HEAVY PRECIP FROM SE MN BACK NW TOWARD THE MN/ND/SD BORDER. HOWEVER...THIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE ONCE IT IS BETTER KNOWN WHERE THAT WARM FRONT SETS UP THIS EVENING. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 311 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING WITH A MODEST LLJ AND 925-850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. A NW-SE ORIENTATED WARM FRONT SHOULD EXTEND ROUGHLY FROM FARGO...TO DAVENPORT...TO CHICAGO BY 12Z THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. PWATS SHOULD STILL BE RUNNING HIGH WITH 1.50-1.90" ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND THE MEAN STEERING WINDS INDICATE A SLOWER STORM MOTION...THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. THE OVERALL RISK FOR SEVERE APPEARS FAIRLY LOW...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MODEST STABILITY TO PROVIDE A MINOR WIND AND HAIL THREAT. THE COLD FRONT AND GRADUALLY FILLING SURFACE LOW WILL EXTEND BACK TOWARD THE WEST IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL LOSE SOME OF THEIR DEFINITION AS THEY MOVE EAST...BUT A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS ENTERS WESTERN MN BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRIDAY COULD ACTUALLY BE A DRY DAY ACROSS MOST OF MN WITH THE BOUNDARIES HAVING SHIFTED EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN WI AND THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMING MUCH WEAKER. A WARM AND MAINLY ZONAL PATTERN SETS UP FOR THE WEEKEND...BUT THERE IS STILL A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH HANGING AROUND THE FORECAST AREA...SO WE CAN SIMPLY NOT GO WITH A DRY FORECAST. THE GOOD NEWS LOCALLY /BAD NEWS FOR SOGGY IA/ IS THAT THE NOCTURNAL LLJ FOCUSES SOUTH OF THE AREA FRI/SAT/SUN. THIS SUGGESTS A LOWER THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE 18.00Z ECMWF BRINGS A PSEUDO BACK DOOR COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON TUE-WED...BUT THE PAST COUPLE RUNS OF THE GFS DOES NOT SHOW IT AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1222 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 EXPECTING WARM TEMPERATURES AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO CAP OFF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL LIKELY BE UNTIL AFTER DARK UNTIL MOST SITES SEE ANY SHRA/TS ACTIVITY. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP AGAIN TO THE WEST/SOUTH AND LIFT INTO THE AREA THIS EVE/OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPOS FOR SAID EXPECTATION...ALONG WITH CIG/VSBY REDUCTIONS TO MVFR. WILL QUITE POSSIBLY SEE SHRA LINGER ON THURSDAY AND PROLONGED MVFR CONDITIONS WITH THE WARM FRONT BISECTING THE AREA...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVE AS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY BEGINS TO MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. KMSP... BKN MVFR LEVEL DECK SHOULD CONTINUE SCOURING OUT THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR CONDITIONS THEN EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER DARK WHEN SHRA/TS CHANCES INCREASE. EXPECT THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF ORGANIZED ACTIVITY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 04Z AND 09Z...WITH HIT OR MISS SHOWERS AFTER THAT. DO EXPECT A BKN MVFR LEVEL DECK TO STICK AROUND THURSDAY...WITH MORE ORGANIZED TS ACTIVITY ARRIVING AFTER 20Z AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ FRI...VFR. MVFR SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE. WINDS SW 10 KTS. SAT...VFR. MVFR SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE. WINDS W 10 KTS. SUN...VFR. MVFR SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE. WINDS WNW 10 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MPG LONG TERM...CLF AVIATION...LS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1201 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 191715- 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- 1201 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND NORTHERN IOWA AND EXPAND EAST AND NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL EXIST FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND POSE A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. BY FRIDAY...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER...AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM SAINT PAUL DOWN TOWARD RED WING COULD REACH FLOOD STAGE BY THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
926 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW SKYLINE 44.15N 94.05W
06/18/2014 E4.75 INCH BLUE EARTH MN COCORAHS
MEASURED 3 MILES WSW OF MANKATO
&&
NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 18, 9:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
930 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N AUGUSTA 44.69N 91.12W
06/18/2014 E2.49 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI OTHER FEDERAL
MEASURED AT RAWS SITE
&&
NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 18, 9:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
955 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
06/18/2014 E2.16 INCH WASECA MN COOP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
&&
NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
105 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HEAVY RAIN STANLEY 44.96N 90.94W
06/18/2014 M2.36 INCH CHIPPEWA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
&&
NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
137 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 PM HAIL ST LOUIS PARK 44.95N 93.36W
06/17/2014 M0.75 INCH HENNEPIN MN STORM CHASER
1058 PM HAIL 1 SE GOLDEN VALLEY 44.98N 93.35W
06/17/2014 M1.00 INCH HENNEPIN MN BROADCAST MEDIA
MOSTLY PEA WITH SOME PENNY SIZE HAIL
REPORTED.
1100 PM HAIL 2 SSE ROBBINSDALE 45.00N 93.32W
06/17/2014 E1.00 INCH HENNEPIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1113 PM HAIL 1 N GOOD THUNDER 44.02N 94.07W
06/17/2014 M1.00 INCH BLUE EARTH MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
1125 PM HAIL 2 NNE GOOD THUNDER 44.03N 94.05W
06/17/2014 E1.50 INCH BLUE EARTH MN PUBLIC
1138 PM HAIL 1 SSE SKYLINE 44.13N 94.03W
06/17/2014 M1.00 INCH BLUE EARTH MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1209 AM HAIL MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
06/18/2014 M0.88 INCH BLUE EARTH MN TRAINED SPOTTER
OCCURRED OVER WESTERN PORTION OF CITY ALONG
HIGHWAY 14.
1210 AM HAIL AUGUSTA 44.69N 91.12W
06/18/2014 E1.00 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI PUBLIC
1222 AM HAIL MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
06/18/2014 M1.25 INCH BLUE EARTH MN PUBLIC
OCCURRED OVER SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. RELAYED BY
BROADCAST MEDIA.
1240 AM FLASH FLOOD MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W
06/18/2014 BLUE EARTH MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS.
1242 AM FLASH FLOOD 7 SW MANKATO 44.10N 94.09W
06/18/2014 BLUE EARTH MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER UP TO CAR BUMPERS. OCCURRED IN
RAPIDAN.
1249 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSW SKYLINE 44.11N 94.05W
06/18/2014 BLUE EARTH MN DEPT OF HIGHWAY
MN 66 SOUTH OF MANKATO CLOSED DUE TO A
MUDSLIDE AND FLOODING.
0103 AM HAIL FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
06/18/2014 M1.00 INCH RICE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED VIA HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0112 AM HAIL FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
06/18/2014 M1.00 INCH RICE MN COUNTY OFFICIAL
HAIL IS PICKING UP IN INTENSITY.
0117 AM HAIL FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
06/18/2014 M1.00 INCH RICE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CITY.
0119 AM HAIL FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
06/18/2014 M1.00 INCH RICE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED OVER SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CITY.
0154 AM TSTM WND GST FARIBAULT AIRPORT 44.34N 93.31W
06/18/2014 M52 MPH RICE MN AWOS
0154 AM TSTM WND GST NEW ULM AIRPORT 44.32N 94.50W
06/18/2014 M53 MPH BROWN MN AWOS
0215 AM HEAVY RAIN FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W
06/18/2014 M1.57 INCH RICE MN PUBLIC
READING TAKEN NEAR HIGHWAY 60 AND 35W.
RELAYED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0215 AM TSTM WND GST WASECA AIRPORT 44.08N 93.56W
06/18/2014 M54 MPH WASECA MN AWOS
0230 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW NEW ULM 44.34N 94.53W
06/18/2014 BROWN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
40 BY 60 FT POLE BUILDING LEVELED NEAR
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 29 AND 12
0233 AM TSTM WND GST NEW ULM AIRPORT 44.32N 94.50W
06/18/2014 M49 MPH BROWN MN AWOS
0317 AM TSTM WND DMG ALDEN 43.67N 93.58W
06/18/2014 FREEBORN MN 911 CALL CENTER
PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER OUT IN TOWN.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 WNW COURTLAND 44.29N 94.41W
06/18/2014 M2.14 INCH NICOLLET MN COOP OBSERVER
MEASURED 3 MILES SE OF NEW ULM
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE SKYLINE 44.15N 94.02W
06/18/2014 M5.10 INCH BLUE EARTH MN COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL. MEASURED 2 MILES SW OF
DOWNTOWN MANKATO.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW EAGLE LAKE 44.17N 93.91W
06/18/2014 E5.08 INCH BLUE EARTH MN COOP OBSERVER
MEASURED 4 MILES E OF MANKATO AT KTOE.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTH MANKATO 44.18N 94.03W
06/18/2014 M3.51 INCH NICOLLET MN COOP OBSERVER
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
06/18/2014 E2.16 INCH WASECA MN COOP OBSERVER
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N AUGUSTA 44.69N 91.12W
06/18/2014 E2.49 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI OTHER FEDERAL
MEASURED AT RAWS SITE
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW SKYLINE 44.15N 94.05W
06/18/2014 E4.75 INCH BLUE EARTH MN COCORAHS
MEASURED 3 MILES WSW OF MANKATO
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW AUGUSTA 44.63N 91.19W
06/18/2014 E4.50 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI PUBLIC
REPORTED VIA AUGUSTA COOP OBSERVER
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN AUGUSTA 44.68N 91.12W
06/18/2014 M2.70 INCH EAU CLAIRE WI PUBLIC
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
0100 PM HEAVY RAIN STANLEY 44.96N 90.94W
06/18/2014 M2.36 INCH CHIPPEWA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
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IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 AM TSTM WND DMG ALBERT LEA 43.66N 93.37W
06/18/2014 FREEBORN MN EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER CONCLUDED DOWNBURST PRODUCED
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOME RESIDENCE. DAMAGE INCLUDED
LOSS OF ROOF AND OTHER DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND DAMAGE REPORT. DAMAGE OCCURRED
ON EASTGATE ROAD NEAR GOOSE LAKE.
&&
AJZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 55 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 7:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 4 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 9 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 16 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 19 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 21 days |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 4 days |
| Jun 17, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.