Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:47 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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 14, 2016, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 14, 4:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.4 | Madelia, MN | OCCURRED IN LESS THEN 30 MINUTES. . |
| Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDT | FLOOD | 5 E Lewisville, MN | WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROAD. |
| Jun 14, 7:11 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | Lake Crystal, MN | REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | 6 E Madelia, MN | COUNTY ROAD 128 CLOSED BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 30 AND COUNTY ROAD 32. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717 WGUS53 KMPX 142047 FFWMPX MNC013-165-150045- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0004.160614T2047Z-160615T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 346 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH MORE RAIN MOVING IN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAKE CRYSTAL...MADELIA...LEWISVILLE AND GARDEN CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4412 9412 4385 9425 4385 9447 4410 9441 $$
2 follow-up statements
765 WGUS73 KMPX 150019 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 719 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 MNC013-165-150045- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160615T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 719 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EASTERN WATONWAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES... AT 715 PM CDT...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAKE CRYSTAL...MADELIA...LEWISVILLE AND GARDEN CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4412 9412 4385 9425 4385 9447 4410 9441 $$
834 WGUS73 KMPX 150039 FFSMPX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 739 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 MNC013-165-150047- /O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160615T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 739 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN WATONWAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH TIME. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4412 9412 4385 9425 4385 9447 4410 9441 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
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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.