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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 2020Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2020, 4:18 AM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 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 30, 2020, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2020, 6:41 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 488 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

701 
WGUS53 KMPX 300918
FFWMPX
MNC095-301215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0008.200630T0918Z-200630T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
418 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Mille Lacs County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 715 AM CDT.

* At 417 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. As much as three inches of rain 
  has fallen in the last two hours, in addition to heavy rainfall 
  from yesterday. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Milaca and Bock. 

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 4585 9352 4584 9351 4572 9351 4571 9352
      4574 9367 4579 9377 4586 9377 4587 9367

$$

ETA
1 follow-up statement
895 
WGUS73 KMPX 301141
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
641 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

MNC095-301151-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200630T1215Z/
Mille Lacs MN-
641 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 4585 9352 4584 9351 4572 9351 4571 9352
      4574 9367 4579 9377 4586 9377 4587 9367

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Stearns88 min
Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd63 min
Jun 29, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd112 min
Jun 29, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington2 hr
Jun 30, 12:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMorrison9 hr
Jun 30, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.