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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2019, 8:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2019, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2019, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Waterville, MN | WATER OVER ROAD AT 415TH AND 90TH. ROAD STILL BARRICADED. |
| Jul 5, 10:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nnw Waseca, MN | WATER OVER ROAD AT 410TH AND 120TH. ROAD STILL BARRICADED. |
| Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Waterville, MN | WATER OVER ROAD AT 415TH AND 105TH . ROAD STILL BARRICADED AT 1040 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
309 WGUS53 KMPX 060122 FFWMPX MNC079-131-147-161-060515- /O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0007.190706T0122Z-190706T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 822 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019 The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota... Northwestern Steele County in south central Minnesota... Southwestern Rice County in south central Minnesota... Northern Waseca County in south central Minnesota... * Until 1215 AM CDT. * At 822 PM CDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to four inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Waseca, Waterville, Morristown, Elysian, Deerfield and Greenland. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4419 9325 4403 9333 4418 9377 4433 9377 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 70 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 5 days |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 8 days |
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 7 days |
| Jul 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 45 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.