Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jul 16, 2016, 9:53 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 4:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
145 WGUS63 KMPX 170253 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AS LITTLE AS 4 HOURS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL BE GREATEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS...TO ST. PETER AND OWATONNA...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING. MNZ073>075-082>085-091>093-171100- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0003.160717T0253Z-160717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...MARTIN...NICOLLET...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY * HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN AS LITTLE AS 4 HOURS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
503 WGUS63 KMPX 170828 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF... .THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS PUSHED SOUTH INTO IOWA. MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES EAST OF FAIRMONT AND MANKATO...BUT HAS ENDED TO THE WEST. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED WHERE THE RAIN HAS ENDED. MNZ073>075-082-170930- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST PETER... ST JAMES 328 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ083>085-091>093-171200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 328 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE AND WASECA. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. FAIRMONT HAS HAD JUST OVER 6 INCHES AS OF 315 AM. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
357 WGUS63 KMPX 170920 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 420 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED... .THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED SOUTHEAST AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ083>085-091>093-171030- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160717T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 420 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 71 min |
| Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 5 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.