Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 11:31 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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 16, 2016, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
044
WGUS53 KMPX 170431
FFWMPX
MNC015-127-165-170830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0011.160717T0431Z-160717T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1131 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 1131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN WITH POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. JAMES...MADELIA...SPRINGFIELD...WALNUT GROVE...LAMBERTON...
WABASSO...BUTTERFIELD...COMFREY...LEWISVILLE...SANBORN...
SOUTH BRANCH AND MILROY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9486 4411 9487 4411 9508 4420 9511
4420 9560 4447 9559 4447 9550 4444 9534
4428 9504 4410 9436 4385 9437
$$
BORGHOFF1 follow-up statement
929
WGUS73 KMPX 170822
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
MNC015-127-165-170831-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160717T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WATONWAN MN-BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
322 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WATONWAN...SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND
SOUTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING
ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4385 9486 4411 9487 4411 9508 4420 9511
4420 9560 4447 9559 4447 9550 4444 9534
4428 9504 4410 9436 4385 9437
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 71 min |
| Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 5 hr |
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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.