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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 5, 2015, 8:54 PM CDT for 35 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 40 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti 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, Pope 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, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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 00:00Z, 1.9 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
- 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.
823 WGUS63 KMPX 060154 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 854 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... .A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND SLOWLY TRACK SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. THIS LINE WILL WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. MNZ047>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-061000- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.150706T0154Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 854 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD... MEEKER...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY TOWARD SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS IS 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
3 follow-up statements
124 WGUS63 KMPX 060750 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 250 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING... .THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN FROM SOUTHWEST MN THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES AREA INTO WEST CENTRAL WI EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING...SO USE CAUTION WHEN ON THE ROADS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MNZ047>050-054>057-064-060900- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 250 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. $$ MNZ078-WIZ014-015-023>025-061600- /O.EXA.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... HUDSON...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE 250 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...DUNN...PIERCE... POLK AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS IS 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. && $$ MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>077-082>084-091-092-061600- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-MARTIN- FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 250 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MCLEOD...MEEKER... RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN... ISANTI...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...LE SUEUR... MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ ADL
644 WGUS63 KMPX 061507 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1007 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN DIMINISHING THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS COULD FURTHER ENHANCE FLOODING POTENTIAL IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON AREA ROADS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-082>084-091-092-061615- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY- WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL... STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH 1007 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ WIZ014-015-023>025-061800- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...HUDSON... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE 1007 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... BARRON AND POLK. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...DUNN...PIERCE AND ST. CROIX. * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AROUND 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
272 WGUS63 KMPX 061748 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1248 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 WIZ014-015-023>025-061900- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150706T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...HUDSON... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE 1248 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. $$
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, 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, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 3 hr |
| 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 |
| Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 104 min |
| Jul 6, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.