Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Sep 22, 2016, 3:59 AM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2016, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 11:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 596 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted.
537 WGUS63 KMPX 220859 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 ...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE... .A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA MAKING IT MORE PRONE TO FLASH-FLOODING WITH ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. MNZ067-069-070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-221700- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-160923T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0008.160922T0900Z-160923T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 359 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... BLUE EARTH...BROWN...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY... STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN AND PIERCE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WATCH AREA. * DUE TO A VERY WET SUMMER AND CURRENT RIVER LEVELS HIGHER THAN NORMAL...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLOODING. 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. && $$ MNZ051>053-059>063-066-068-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-221000- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-160922T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-CARVER-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...CHASKA...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS 359 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
1 follow-up statement
358 WGUS63 KMPX 221604 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1104 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 MNZ067-069-070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-221715- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-160923T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS... NEW ULM...ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES... MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE 1104 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY WITH NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED UNTIL POSSIBLY TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 39 min |
| Sep 22, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 70 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 4 days |
| Sep 22, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 24 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016
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.