Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Sep 5, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2016, 10:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 34 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
874 WGUS63 KMPX 052006 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENT STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH MUCH OF THE COVERAGE AREA HAVING RECEIVED NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST MONTH, THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE RISES IN AREA RIVERS TO FLOODING LEVELS AS WELL AS PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-060500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0001.160906T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 306 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... MCLEOD...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE... SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN GENERALLY BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE MAY OCCUR. * NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST MONTH COMBINED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE RISES IN AREA RIVERS TO FLOODING LEVELS AS WELL AS PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
7 follow-up statements
548 WGUS63 KMPX 060116 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 816 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENT STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. WITH MUCH OF THE COVERAGE AREA HAVING RECEIVED NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST MONTH... THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE RISES IN AREA RIVERS TO FLOODING LEVELS AS WELL AS PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-060930- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 816 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... ISANTI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA... WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN GENERALLY BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE MAY OCCUR. * NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE PAST MONTH COMBINED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE RISES IN AREA RIVERS TO FLOODING LEVELS AS WELL AS PRODUCE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
810 WGUS63 KMPX 060827 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-061630- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 327 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... ISANTI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA... WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RAINFALL AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JRB
784 WGUS63 KMPX 061550 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1050 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHIFTING SLIGHTLY SOUTHWARD... .PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY SHIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT...BUT THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG AND NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016- 023>028-070000- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE- GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1050 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...CARVER... CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN... ISANTI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...NICOLLET...RAMSEY... RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA... WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON... CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RAINFALL AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JLT
550 WGUS63 KMPX 061950 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 250 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...HEAVIEST RAINFALL REMAINS IN FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR A PART OF THE FLOOD WATCH TO BE CANCELLED. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO ST. PAUL MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY SHIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT...BUT THE BULK OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG AND NEAR THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BUT LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. MNZ051>053-059>061-066>068-074-075-WIZ014-062100- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...NEW ULM...ST PETER...OSCEOLA 250 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHIFTING FURTHER SOUTHWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. $$ MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028- 070500- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 250 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...GOODHUE...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...RAMSEY...RICE... SCOTT...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JLT
177 WGUS63 KMPX 070254 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 954 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ST. JAMES TO ST. PAUL MINNESOTA...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA. GIVEN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS...URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028- 071100- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 954 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...DAKOTA...FARIBAULT... FREEBORN...GOODHUE...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...RAMSEY...RICE... SCOTT...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WATONWAN. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN... PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT * RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
189 WGUS63 KMPX 070747 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 247 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS... URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. MNZ062-063-069-070-076>078-WIZ015-016-023>028-070900- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE... DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 247 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. $$ MNZ082>085-091>093-071600- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 247 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...MARTIN...STEELE... WASECA AND WATONWAN. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * RAINFALL AMOUNTS...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS...AND ALONG RIVERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JRB
192 WGUS63 KMPX 071508 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1008 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 MNZ082>085-091>093-071615- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-160908T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA... OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1008 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT REMAINING SOUTH OF THE AREA THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 58 min |
| Sep 5, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 64 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.