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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 2019Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2019, 7:39 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. 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 14, 2019, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2019, 10:57 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

547 
WGUS53 KMPX 150039
FFWMPX
MNC097-150615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0010.190715T0039Z-190715T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
739 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Morrison County in central Minnesota...

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 738 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain falling across the warned area. Two to three inches of 
  rain have fallen. Flash flooding is possible.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Little Falls, Pierz, Motley, Randall, Swanville, Flensburg,
  Lastrup, Camp Ripley, Cushing, Sobieski, Harding and Genola.

Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches are possible in 
the warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4631 9455 4633 9443 4630 9436 4627 9434
      4623 9440 4618 9437 4616 9437 4616 9381
      4610 9380 4591 9420 4591 9464 4634 9465

$$

LS

2 follow-up statements

497 
WGUS73 KMPX 150237
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
937 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

MNC097-150615-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-190715T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morrison MN-
937 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
MORRISON COUNTY...

At 936 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
that heavy rain had fallen over the area. Two to four inches of rain 
have fallen. Flash flooding remains a significant hazard due to 
the heavy rain that has fallen.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Little Falls, Pierz, Motley, Randall, Swanville, Flensburg, Lastrup,
Camp Ripley, Cushing, Sobieski, Harding and Genola.

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.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4631 9455 4633 9443 4630 9436 4627 9434
      4623 9440 4618 9437 4616 9437 4616 9381
      4610 9380 4591 9420 4591 9464 4634 9465

$$

JPC

311 
WGUS73 KMPX 150357
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1057 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

MNC097-150407-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-190715T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morrison MN-
1057 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MORRISON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended...and flooding is no longer expected to pose
a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4631 9455 4633 9443 4630 9436 4627 9434
      4623 9440 4618 9437 4616 9437 4616 9381
      4610 9380 4591 9420 4591 9464 4634 9465

$$

JPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison	25 min
Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	33 min
Jul 14, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	96 min
Jul 14, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison	43 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	56 min
Jul 14, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec	46 min
Jul 14, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	24 min
Jul 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	64 min
Jul 15, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	65 min
Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	33 min
Jul 15, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	43 min
Jul 15, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	43 min
Jul 15, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	37 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	52 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Todd	51 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	36 min
Jul 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	31 min
Jul 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Sherburne	31 min
Jul 15, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	46 min
Jul 15, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Wright	45 min
Jul 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	40 min
Jul 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	38 min
Jul 15, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver	13 min
Jul 15, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	38 min
Jul 15, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	61 min
Jul 15, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	31 min
Jul 15, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	41 min
Jul 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Hennepin	4 hr
Jul 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	28 min
Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	38 min
Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Scott	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	45 min
Jul 15, 6:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Scott	20 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.