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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 2019Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2019, 6:57 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 4, 2019, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WGUS53 KMPX 042357
FFWMPX
MNC073-173-050400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0005.190604T2357Z-190605T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
657 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Lac qui Parle County in west central Minnesota...
  Central Yellow Medicine County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 1100 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. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Canby, Dawson, Clarkfield, Wood Lake, Hanley Falls, Echo, Boyd,
  Providence, Spring Creek, Hazel Run, Granite Falls Airport and
  Burr.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 are possible in the warned 
area.

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 4497 9645 4496 9586 4467 9535 4464 9536
      4456 9549 4472 9573 4471 9645

$$

CCS

1 follow-up statement

935 
WGUS73 KMPX 050352
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1052 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

MNC073-173-050402-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-190605T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lac qui Parle MN-Yellow Medicine MN-
1052 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE AND CENTRAL
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...

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. Rainfall totals in the 
warned around ranged from one, to locally two inches. 

LAT...LON 4497 9645 4496 9586 4467 9535 4464 9536
      4456 9549 4472 9573 4471 9645

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	26 min
Jun 4, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	37 min
Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	31 min
Jun 4, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	29 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	24 min
Jun 4, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	21 min
Jun 4, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	33 min
Jun 4, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	25 min
Jun 4, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	34 min
Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	34 min
Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	30 min
Jun 4, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns	51 min
Jun 4, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	24 min
Jun 4, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	46 min
Jun 4, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine	43 min
Jun 4, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	23 min
Jun 4, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	52 min
Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	32 min
Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville, Sibley	40 min
Jun 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Renville	50 min
Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville, Sibley	28 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley	41 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	32 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	51 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota	49 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley	32 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	27 min
Jun 4, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	26 min
Jun 4, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele and 1 more	28 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	87 min
Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	37 min
Jun 4, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Scott	31 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	27 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	34 min
Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	15 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	33 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	33 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	45 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	25 min
Jun 4, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	38 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele	33 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	31 min
Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	45 min
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod, Sibley	28 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	25 min
Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	36 min
Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	34 min
Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	14 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.