Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 14, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 14, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2016, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 10:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
105 WGUS63 KMPX 141530 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1030 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY. MEANWHILE SOUTHERN MN HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. ANY STORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN LATER TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. BE SURE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECAST IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING. MNZ078-082>085-091>093-142330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0001.160614T1800Z-160615T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1030 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN... MARTIN...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN * ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ JRB
2 follow-up statements
560 WGUS63 KMPX 141558 CCA FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1058 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP LATER TODAY. MEANWHILE...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. ANY STORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN LATER TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. BE SURE TO MONITOR THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING. MNZ078-082>085-091>093-150400- /O.COR.KMPX.FF.A.0001.160614T1800Z-160615T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1058 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN... MARTIN...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. * ROADS MAY BECOME FLOODED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ JRB
648 WGUS63 KMPX 150341 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1041 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED... .A FEW ROADS ARE CLOSED IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS END. MNZ078-082>085-091>093-150445- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160615T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1041 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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, 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, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.