Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2019, 8:46 PM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2019, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Vasa, MN | WATER OVER ROAD AT CR6 AND 305TH. ROAD STILL BARRICADED. |
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
383
WGUS53 KMPX 060146
FFWMPX
MNC037-049-060545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0008.190706T0146Z-190706T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
846 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
Northwestern Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 1245 AM CDT.
* At 846 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...
Red Wing, Cannon Falls, Stanton, Welch, Vasa, Miesville and Lake
Byllesby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4456 9304 4458 9291 4465 9264 4461 9261
4460 9256 4457 9255 4456 9243 4450 9253
4447 9265 4443 9304
$$
BORGHOFFThe 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, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 4 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, 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.