Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2015, 11:28 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | St Cloud, MN | MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE REPORTED STUCK IN HIGH WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF 33RD AVENUE AND 8TH STREET NORTH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422
WGUS53 KMPX 060428
FFWMPX
MNC009-141-145-060730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0002.150706T0428Z-150706T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1128 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 1126 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF ST. CLOUD.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. CLOUD...SARTELL...SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK...ST. JOSEPH...
COLLEGEVILLE...ALBANY...ROCKVILLE...AVON...FARMING...AND ST WENDEL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND
171.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4570 9406 4548 9403 4548 9462 4568 9462
$$1 follow-up statement
910 WGUS73 KMPX 060638 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 138 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 MNC009-141-145-060730- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 138 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTIES... AT 132 AM CDT...RAIN HAS NOW MOSTLY ENDED...BUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER THE COURSE OF TWO HOURS...RESULTING IN SOME STREET FLOODING IN ST. CLOUD. THOUGH ONLY MINIMAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED...HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE IN THE WAKE OF THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ST. CLOUD...SARTELL...SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK...ST. JOSEPH... COLLEGEVILLE...ALBANY...ROCKVILLE...AVON...FARMING...AND ST WENDEL. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 171. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4570 9406 4548 9403 4548 9462 4568 9462 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 75 min |
| Jul 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 117 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 2 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.