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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood warning at Sep 24, 2016, 11:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 48 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2016, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530
WGUS43 KMPX 241633
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1133 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016
MNC013-047-147-161-261615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.W.0013.160924T1633Z-160926T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEELE MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-
1133 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 1130 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO
REPORT FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN
THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA AND WASECA ARE FLOODED AND SOME ROAD
CLOSURES CONTINUE AREA WIDE.
* AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL TONIGHT COULD PROLONG
THE RISK OF FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALBERT LEA...WASECA...EAGLE LAKE...JANESVILLE...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...
MAPLETON...NEW RICHLAND...ST. CLAIR...CLARKS GROVE...
ELLENDALE AND ALDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9365 4385 9365 4385 9410 4391 9414
4411 9417 4420 9369 4391 9325 4411 9305
4350 9305
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
650
WGUS83 KMPX 260514
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2016
MNC013-047-147-161-261615-
/O.CON.KMPX.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160926T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEELE MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-
1214 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2016
...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
SOUTHERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...WASECA AND FREEBORN
COUNTIES...
AT 1210 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITIES
OF ALBERT LEA...SAINT CLAIR AND WASECA ARE FLOODED AND SOME ROAD
CLOSURES CONTINUE AREA WIDE.
WHILE NO FURTHER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...SOME RIVERS ARE ONLY HITTING THEIR CREST WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. OTHERS HAVE HIT THEIR CREST AND ARE SUBSIDING SO FLOOD WATERS
ARE EXPECTED TO RECEDE OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED FLOODING INCLUDE...
MANKATO...ALBERT LEA...WASECA...EAGLE LAKE...JANESVILLE...
BLOOMING PRAIRIE...MAPLETON...NEW RICHLAND...ST. CLAIR...
CLARKS GROVE...ELLENDALE AND ALDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9365 4385 9365 4385 9410 4391 9414
4411 9417 4420 9369 4391 9325 4411 9305
4350 9305
$$
JPC609
WGUS83 KMPX 261230
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
730 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2016
MNC013-047-147-161-261235-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160926T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STEELE MN-BLUE EARTH MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-
730 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2016
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN STEELE...
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...WASECA AND FREEBORN COUNTIES...
THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEELE... SOUTHEASTERN BLUE
EARTH...WASECA AND FREEBORN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. IN ADDITION...MANY
AREA RIVERS HAVE CRESTED AND NOW HAVE FALLING STAGES.
THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES AND REMAIN CLEAR OF ANY STANDING WATER IN
DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS.
LAT...LON 4350 9365 4385 9365 4385 9410 4391 9414
4411 9417 4420 9369 4391 9325 4411 9305
4350 9305
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 6 days |
| Sep 24, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Swift | 54 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.