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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2016Pierce County, Wisconsin; Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2016, 4:43 AM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin; Goodhue 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: Jun 12, 2016, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2016, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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
Jun 12, 6:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.11	2 S Red Wing, MN	MESONET STATION RED WING 2S /D6658/.
Jun 12, 7:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.54	4 Se Red Wing, MN	24 HOUR TOTAL. .
Jun 12, 8:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.22	2 S Red Wing, MN	MESONET STATION RED WING 2S /D6658/ UPDATED TOTAL AS OF 830 AM. .

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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WGUS53 KMPX 120943
FFWMPX
MNC049-WIC093-121345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0003.160612T0943Z-160612T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
443 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 443 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  RED WING...BAY CITY...DIAMOND BLUFF...WACOUTA...HAGER CITY...RED WING
  AIRPORT AND FRONTENAC STATE PARK.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4473 9270 4455 9238 4446 9247 4461 9272

$$

JPC

2 follow-up statements

561 
WGUS73 KMPX 121051
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

MNC049-WIC093-121345-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160612T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
551 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 551 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RED WING...BAY CITY...DIAMOND BLUFF...WACOUTA...HAGER CITY...RED WING
AIRPORT AND FRONTENAC STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4473 9270 4455 9238 4446 9247 4461 9272

$$

JPC

196 
WGUS73 KMPX 121242
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
742 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

MNC049-WIC093-121251-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160612T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
742 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PIERCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT AS THE
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. LINGERING FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS
MAY CONTINUE AS WELL AS ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES SO PLEASE HEED
ANY DIRECTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS.

LAT...LON 4473 9270 4455 9238 4446 9247 4461 9272

$$

JPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	60 min
Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	39 min
Jun 12, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	69 min
Jun 12, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	34 min
Jun 12, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin	40 min
Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	64 min
Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	42 min
Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	61 min
Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	57 min
Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Stearns	57 min
Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	50 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	60 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.