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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 2019Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2019, 7:08 PM CDT for Hennepin 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 15, 2019, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2019, 9:52 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 391 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2019-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2019-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

077 
WGUS53 KMPX 160008
FFWMPX
MNC053-160515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0014.190716T0008Z-190716T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
708 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Hennepin County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 1215 AM CDT.

* At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Minneapolis, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis
  Park, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Orono, Medina, Wayzata and Excelsior.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 are possible in the warned 
area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 4495 9332 4489 9329 4489 9355 4501 9362
      4500 9357 4501 9340

$$

CTG
1 follow-up statement
314 
WGUS73 KMPX 160252
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
952 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2019

MNC053-160302-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-190716T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hennepin MN-
952 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4495 9332 4489 9329 4489 9355 4501 9362
      4500 9357 4501 9340

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Jul 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue59 min
Jul 15, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice48 min
Jul 15, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Rice, Waseca41 min
Jul 15, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXScott3 hr
Jul 15, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue27 min
Jul 15, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele, Waseca55 min
Jul 15, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Rice29 min
Jul 15, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca35 min
Jul 15, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Waseca52 min
Jul 15, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca40 min
Jul 16, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth82 min
Jul 16, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey83 min
Jul 16, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey2 hr
Jul 16, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin25 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.