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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2016Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT for Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. 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
Sep 21, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-361 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
596 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

As transmitted.

357 
WGUS53 KMPX 220036
FFWMPX
WIC033-109-220430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0030.160922T0036Z-160922T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
736 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MENOMONIE...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...NORTH HUDSON...SOMERSET...
  BALDWIN...HAMMOND...ROBERTS...WOODVILLE...GLENWOOD CITY...
  COLFAX AND BOYCEVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS STORMS CURRENTLY BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4473 9192 4487 9212 4497 9277 4503 9276
      4505 9279 4508 9279 4511 9274 4520 9277
      4517 9167 4469 9165

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire4 hr
Sep 21, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXEau Claire4 days
Sep 22, 3:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXEau Claire, Pepin, Pierce7 hr
Sep 22, 5:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire24 hr

Nearby

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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.