Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Sep 9, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 9, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2014, 7:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
866 WGUS63 KMPX 090900 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 400 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A MOISTURE LADEN STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA TO NORTHEASTERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND INTO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS TRACK TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. IT APPEARS LIKELY AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER TOTALS OF 3 OR 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ST JAMES TO LAKEVILLE MINNESOTA AND RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. MNZ070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028-092100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0008.140910T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE- MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 400 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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...BLUE EARTH... DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * DRIVING AT NIGHT DURING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS DRIVERS MAY UNDERESTIMATE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER OR MAY COME ACROSS AREAS PRONE TO WASHOUTS. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
4 follow-up statements
529 WGUS63 KMPX 092015 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHERN IOWA. HOWEVER MODERATE RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN MN AND NEAR THE MN/WI BORDER OVER SEVERAL HOURS COULD RESULT IN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES POSSIBLE SHOULD GREATER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCUR. MNZ070-076-077-082-083-092115- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0008.140910T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO 315 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. $$ MNZ078-084-085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028-100415- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0008.140910T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 315 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... MARTIN...STEELE AND WASECA. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA... DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ JRB
752 WGUS63 KMPX 100152 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES POSSIBLE SHOULD GREATER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCUR. MNZ084-091-092-100300- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 852 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. $$ MNZ078-085-093-WIZ015-016-023>028-101000- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND... PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 852 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...FREEBORN...GOODHUE AND STEELE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
341 WGUS63 KMPX 100814 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 314 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL INTO THE MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES POSSIBLE SHOULD GREATER PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCUR. MNZ078-085-093-100915- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 314 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE AREA INTO THE MORNING. $$ WIZ015-016-023>028-101500- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 314 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...BARRON AND RUSK. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...CHIPPEWA... DUNN...EAU CLAIRE... PEPIN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING * RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
303 WGUS63 KMPX 101225 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 725 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 WIZ015-016-023>028-101330- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-140910T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 725 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH LIGHT RAIN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE MORNING. AS A RESULT...THE REMAINDER OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CACELLED. $$
Nearby
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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.