Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2024
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2024, 12:42 AM CDT for McLeod County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 16, 2024, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2024, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Auburn, MN | Multiple reports of basement flooding and power outages via Sibley Co Dispatch Center. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 789 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
161
WGUS53 KMPX 160542
FFWMPX
MNC085-129-143-161145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0003.240616T0542Z-240616T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1242 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern McLeod County in central Minnesota...
Southeastern Renville County in central Minnesota...
Northwestern Sibley County in central Minnesota...
* Until 645 AM CDT Sunday.
* At 1242 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of
rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1
hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
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 4455 9478 4465 9480 4471 9472 4475 9438
4483 9401 4482 9401 4478 9401 4474 9401
4472 9401 4467 9401 4458 9435 4455 9463
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Borghoff2 follow-up statements
498
WGUS73 KMPX 160759
FFSMPX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
259 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
MNC085-129-143-161145-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240616T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
McLeod MN-Renville MN-Sibley MN-
259 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MCLEOD, SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN
SIBLEY COUNTIES...
At 259 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms have ended
across the warned area. However, between 3 and 6 inches of rain have
fallen and runoff continues.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4455 9478 4465 9480 4471 9472 4475 9438
4483 9401 4482 9401 4478 9401 4474 9401
4472 9401 4467 9401 4458 9435 4455 9463
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Borghoff598
WGUS73 KMPX 161140
FFSMPX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
MNC085-129-143-161150-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240616T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
McLeod MN-Renville MN-Sibley MN-
640 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN MCLEOD, SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY
COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4455 9478 4465 9480 4471 9472 4475 9438
4483 9401 4482 9401 4478 9401 4474 9401
4472 9401 4467 9401 4458 9435 4455 9463
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 17 days |
| Jun 16, 10:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 21 days |
| Jun 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more | 35 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.