Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2017
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at May 16, 2017, 2:54 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 16, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2017, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2017, 3:19 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted.
608 WGUS63 KMPX 161954 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 254 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017 ...Thunderstorms with heavy rain could cause flash flooding tonight in southeast Minnesota and west central Wisconsin... .A flash flood watch has been issued from 9 pm through Wednesday morning. This means be prepared, flash flooding is possible in the watch area. Thunderstorms are expected to develop later this evening across southeast Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. Multiple storms could move over the same location bringing a few inches of rain in just a couple of hours, which could cause rapid rises on small rivers and streams and low water crossings. Never drive through flood waters. MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ016-024>028-170400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0001.170517T0200Z-170517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Rice-Goodhue-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn-Rusk-Pierce-Dunn- Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Faribault, Red Wing, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Ladysmith, River Falls, Prescott, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 254 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin, including the following areas, in Minnesota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, and Waseca. In Wisconsin, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, and Rusk. * From 9 PM CDT this evening through Wednesday morning * Thunderstorms with heavy rain are likely tonight. * This could lead to flooded roads. * Half of all flood fatalities are vehicle related. Never drive through flood waters. 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. && $$ jrb
2 follow-up statements
626 WGUS63 KMPX 170408 FFAMPX Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1108 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017 ...Thunderstorms with heavy rain could cause flash flooding tonight in southeast Minnesota and west central Wisconsin... .A flash flood watch remains in effect through tonight. This means be prepared, flash flooding is possible in the watch area. More thunderstorms will move up into the area tonight, moving over the same locations that have seen heavy rains since Monday. Multiple storms could move over the same location bringing a few inches of rain in just a couple of hours, which could cause rapid rises on small rivers and streams and low water crossings. Never drive through flood waters. MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ016-024>028-171200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Rice-Goodhue-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn-Rusk-Pierce-Dunn- Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Faribault, Red Wing, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Ladysmith, River Falls, Prescott, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 1108 PM CDT Tue May 16 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin, including the following areas, in Minnesota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, and Waseca. In Wisconsin, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, and Rusk. * Until 7 AM CDT Wednesday * Thunderstorms with heavy rain are likely tonight. * This could lead to flooded roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation. You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$
948 WGUS63 KMPX 170819 FFAMPX Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 319 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...Flash Flood Watch cancelled for portions of south central and southeast Minnesota into west central Wisconsin... .Rainfall rates over the watch area will be light to moderate at best through daybreak. Therefore, the Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled. More thunderstorms with the potential to produce heavy rainfall are possible this afternoon and evening. Stay tuned to future forecasts. MNZ077-078-084-085-092-093-WIZ016-024>028-170930- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170517T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Rice-Goodhue-Waseca-Steele-Faribault-Freeborn-Rusk-Pierce-Dunn- Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Faribault, Red Wing, Waseca, Owatonna, Blue Earth, Albert Lea, Ladysmith, River Falls, Prescott, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 319 AM CDT Wed May 17 2017 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin has been cancelled. Rainfall rates over the watch area will be light to moderate at best through daybreak. Therefore, the Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled. More thunderstorms with the potential to produce heavy rainfall are possible this afternoon and evening. Stay tuned to future forecasts. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 37 min |
| May 15, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 43 min |
| May 15, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 35 min |
| May 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 56 min |
| May 15, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 min |
| May 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 34 min |
| May 15, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 36 min |
| May 16, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| May 16, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| May 16, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Stevens, Swift | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan | 84 min |
| May 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 52 min |
| May 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 33 min |
| May 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 44 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| May 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 44 min |
| May 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 51 min |
| May 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 65 min |
| May 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 38 min |
| May 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 59 min |
| May 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Rusk | 65 min |
| May 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 35 min |
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.