Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kilkenny, MN | FLOODING HAS CLOSED A FEW ROAD IN TOWN, WITH SEVERAL OTHER ROADS WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER OVER THEM. |
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lonsdale, MN | A FEW STREET CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER ALSO NOTED OVER ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS. WATER AFFECTING AREA BUSINESS. |
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Waseca, MN | PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 2 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES HAD WATER IN THEIR BASEMENTS. |
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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
105
WGUS53 KMPX 122059
FFWMPX
MNC079-131-161-130100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0021.160812T2059Z-160813T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 357 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASECA...LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...JANESVILLE...WATERVILLE...
WEBSTER...ELYSIAN...KILKENNY...SMITHS MILL...VESELI...
WASECA AIRPORT AND GREENLAND.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4407 9376 4429 9378 4454 9346 4454 9328
4450 9328 4428 9352 4417 9353 4417 9341
4404 9341 4402 9357
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
928
WGUS73 KMPX 122332
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
MNC079-131-161-130100-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160813T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICE MN-WASECA MN-LE SUEUR MN-
632 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN RICE...NORTHERN WASECA AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR
COUNTIES...
AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.
HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED IN THE LONSDALE AND KILKENNY
AREAS WITH HOMES AND BUSINESSES ALSO FLOODED IN THE CITY OF WASECA.
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4407 9376 4429 9378 4454 9346 4454 9328
4450 9328 4428 9352 4417 9353 4417 9341
4404 9341 4402 9357
$$
BORGHOFF549
WGUS73 KMPX 130057
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
757 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
MNC079-131-161-130106-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160813T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICE MN-WASECA MN-LE SUEUR MN-
757 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE...NORTHERN WASECA
AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4407 9376 4429 9378 4454 9346 4454 9328
4450 9328 4428 9352 4417 9353 4417 9341
4404 9341 4402 9357
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 82 min |
| Aug 12, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 20 min |
| Aug 12, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 108 min |
| Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 76 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.