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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2016Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2016, 12:02 AM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 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
Jun 22, 2016, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

526 
WGUS53 KMPX 220502
FFWMPX
MNC043-091-221000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0006.160622T0502Z-160622T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1202 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1201 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...SHERBURN...TRIMONT...WELCOME...ELMORE...
  CEYLON...BRICELYN...FROST...IOWA LAKE...
  OKAMANPEDAN LAKE AND KIESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9485 4380 9485 4372 9422 4352 9365
      4350 9365

$$
1 follow-up statement
248 
WGUS73 KMPX 220756
FFSMPX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC043-091-220805-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160622T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARTIN MN-FARIBAULT MN-
256 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARTIN AND SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4350 9485 4380 9485 4372 9422 4352 9365
      4350 9365

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin53 min
Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod40 min
Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley41 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright48 min
Jun 22, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley49 min
Jun 22, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne31 min

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.