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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 31 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.