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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2018, 6:57 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
564 WGUS53 KMPX 122357 FFWMPX WIC005-130230- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0006.180712T2357Z-180713T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 657 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018 The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 656 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen, and additional rain is expected through 8 PM CDT. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cumberland, Cameron, Almena, Canton, Cumberland Airport, Rice Lake Airport, Mikana and Brill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 4563 9154 4540 9154 4536 9203 4555 9204 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Rusk | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 84 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.