Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Watches in 2018
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood watch at Jun 16, 2018, 2:50 PM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 16, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2018, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2018, 2:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
073 WGUS63 KMPX 161950 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 250 PM CDT Sat Jun 16 2018 ...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT... .Multiple thunderstorms are expected to develop in a west to east orientation and track over the same areas this evening. Several inches of rain are possible where the thunderstorms develop, leading to potential flash flooding. MNZ041>045-047>050-055-170500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.A.0002.180617T0000Z-180617T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Swift- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 250 PM CDT Sat Jun 16 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, and west central Minnesota, including the following areas, in central Minnesota, Benton, Morrison, Stearns, and Todd. In east central Minnesota, Kanabec and Mille Lacs. In west central Minnesota, Douglas, Pope, Stevens, and Swift. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Sunday morning. * Very heavy rainfall associated with rounds of thunderstorms will lead to potential flash flooding. Localized rainfall totals of 3 to 5 inches are possible. 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. && $$ Borghoff
2 follow-up statements
849 WGUS63 KMPX 170610 FFAMPX Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 110 AM CDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT... .Multiple thunderstorms are expected to develop in a west to east orientation and track over the same areas early this morning. Several inches of rain are possible where the thunderstorms develop, leading to potential flash flooding. MNZ047>050-055-170715- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-180617T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton-Swift- Including the cities of Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 110 AM CDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota and west central Minnesota has been cancelled. Widespread heavy rain is no longer expected for portions of west central and central Minnesota. Therefore, the Flash Flood Watch for Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Benton and Swift counties has been cancelled. $$ MNZ041>045-171200- /O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-180617T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, and Mora 110 AM CDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * Portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, and west central Minnesota, including the following areas, in central Minnesota, Morrison and Todd. In east central Minnesota, Kanabec and Mille Lacs. In west central Minnesota, Douglas. * Until 7 AM CDT this morning * Very heavy rainfall associated with rounds of thunderstorms will lead to potential flash flooding. Localized rainfall totals of 3 to 5 inches are possible. 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. && $$
092 WGUS63 KMPX 170741 FFAMPX Flood Watch National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 241 AM CDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... .The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, and west central Minnesota has been cancelled. Widespread heavy rain is no longer expected through the rest of this morning for portions of central Minnesota. Therefore, the Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled. Additional heavy rainfall is possible late this afternoon into this evening which may lead to isolated flooding concerns. MNZ041>045-170845- /O.CAN.KMPX.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-180617T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, and Mora 241 AM CDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Minnesota, east central Minnesota, and west central Minnesota has been cancelled. Widespread heavy rain is no longer expected through the rest of this morning for portions of central Minnesota. Therefore, the Flash Flood Watch has been cancelled. Additional heavy rainfall is possible late this afternoon into this evening which may lead to isolated flooding concerns. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Watonwan | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 6 days |
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.