Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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 16, 2016, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 16, 5:28 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | Savage, MN | STREET FLOODING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 FEET DEEP. |
| Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Burnsville, MN | WATER UP TO AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS. MAN HOLE COVERS BLOWN OFF. |
| Aug 16, 5:44 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.5 | Burnsville, MN | . |
| Aug 16, 5:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eden Prairie, MN | WATER AND MUD FLOWING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 61, NEAR FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT. |
| Aug 16, 5:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Apple Valley, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF PENNOCK AND HWY 42. ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.32 | Lakeville, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF CEDAR AND DODD. |
| Aug 16, 6:55 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.1 | Lakeville, MN | . |
| Aug 16, 7:01 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.14 | Shakopee, MN | . |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
350
WGUS53 KMPX 162216
FFWMPX
MNC019-037-053-139-170115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0022.160816T2216Z-160817T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
516 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 514 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 BEGINNING SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...EDEN PRAIRIE...BURNSVILLE...
LAKEVILLE...MINNETONKA...APPLE VALLEY...EDINA...SHAKOPEE...
RICHFIELD AND SAVAGE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9367 4490 9360 4491 9319 4489 9318
4489 9315 4461 9314
$$
SCHMIDT2 follow-up statements
661
WGUS73 KMPX 170020
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
720 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
MNC019-037-053-139-170115-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160817T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-DAKOTA MN-
720 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL CARVER...SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES...
AT 717 PM CDT...THE FIRST BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED OVER THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEW THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FORMING OVER SAVAGE AND EAST TOWARD APPLE
VALLEY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. THE FLASH
FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...EDEN PRAIRIE...BURNSVILLE...
LAKEVILLE...MINNETONKA...APPLE VALLEY...EDINA...SHAKOPEE...
RICHFIELD AND SAVAGE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9367 4490 9360 4491 9319 4489 9318
4489 9315 4461 9314
$$
SCHMIDT802
WGUS73 KMPX 170106
FFSMPX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
806 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
MNC019-037-053-139-170115-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160817T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-DAKOTA MN-
806 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARVER...SOUTHEASTERN
HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM 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 4476 9367 4490 9360 4491 9319 4489 9318
4489 9315 4461 9314
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 9 days |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 73 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 27 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.