Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2016, 11:49 PM CDT for Anoka County, Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota; Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 11:49 PM CDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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, 4.8 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
- 2508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 26.2
The text
As transmitted.
247
WGUS53 KMPX 120449
FFWMPX
MNC003-025-059-WIC095-120815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0010.160712T0449Z-160712T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1149 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 1149 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAMBRIDGE...ANDOVER...RAMSEY...FOREST LAKE...HAM LAKE...
EAST BETHEL...NORTH BRANCH...ST. FRANCIS...ISANTI...CHISAGO CITY...
LINDSTROM AND RUSH CITY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 4564 9216 4529 9298 4529 9302 4528 9303
4529 9344 4542 9347 4574 9316 4573 9285
4564 9288 4565 9253 4573 9252 4572 9215
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
367
WGUS73 KMPX 120551
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1251 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
MNC003-059-120558-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160712T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ISANTI MN-ANOKA MN-
1251 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN ISANTI AND NORTHERN ANOKA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED OFF TO THE EAST. THEREFORE...FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT FOR EASTERN ISANTI AND NORTHERN
ANOKA COUNTIES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4564 9216 4529 9298 4564 9278 4565 9253
4573 9252 4572 9215
$$
MNC025-WIC095-120815-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160712T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHISAGO MN-POLK WI-
1251 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO AND NORTHERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 1248 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FOREST LAKE...CHISAGO CITY...LINDSTROM...FREDERIC...LUCK...
TAYLORS FALLS...MILLTOWN...CENTER CITY...SHAFER...CLAM FALLS...
WOLF CREEK AND WILD RIVER STATE PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4564 9216 4529 9298 4564 9278 4565 9253
4573 9252 4572 9215
$$
JPC944
WGUS73 KMPX 120621
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
121 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
MNC025-WIC095-120631-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160712T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHISAGO MN-POLK WI-
121 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO AND NORTHERN POLK
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4564 9216 4529 9298 4564 9278 4565 9253
4573 9252 4572 9215
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 11 min |
| Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 47 min |
| Jul 12, 10:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 4 days |
| Jul 12, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.