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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. 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
- Aug 29, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
133
WGUS53 KMPX 291130
FFWMPX
MNC041-121-291430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0025.160829T1130Z-160829T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 628 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER
HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN ALEXANDRIA, WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
FALLING IN 90 MINTUES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...LOWRY...KENSINGTON...HOLMES CITY...VILLARD...NELSON...
FORADA...WESTPORT AND FARWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4593 9514 4570 9514 4566 9576 4588 9576
4594 9515
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 32 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.