Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2017
Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Aug 16, 2017, 7:49 PM CDT for 19 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2017, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2017, 8:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
583 WGUS63 KMPX 170049 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 749 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 ...Flood watch in effect through noon on Thursday... .Several hours of moderate to heavy rain are expected tonight. A large area of 4 to 6 inches is expected, with a few locations seeing locally higher amounts. This could lead to flooding in low lying areas, and smaller creeks and streams. Remember, never drive through water covered roads. MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-170900- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0001.170817T0049Z-170817T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Redwood- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, and Redwood Falls 749 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a * Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, southwest Minnesota, and west central Minnesota, including the following areas, in central Minnesota, Benton, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Renville, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright. In east central Minnesota, Mille Lacs. In southwest Minnesota, Redwood. In west central Minnesota, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac Qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, and Yellow Medicine. * Through Thursday morning * Heavy rain overnight could lead to flooding. * Low lying areas and small creeks and streams will be most susceptible to flooding. 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. && $$ jrb
1 follow-up statement
914 WGUS63 KMPX 171301 FFAMPX Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 801 AM CDT Thu Aug 17 2017 MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-171415- /O.CAN.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170817T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright- Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Redwood- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, Elk River, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, and Redwood Falls 801 AM CDT Thu Aug 17 2017 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, southwest Minnesota, and west central Minnesota has been cancelled. No additional heavy rainfall is expected this morning, with any water from heavy rain last night expected to recede the rest of today. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Swift and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:04 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 88 min |
| Aug 17, 3:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 10 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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.