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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 2025Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2025, 7:23 PM CDT for Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 min. 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 27, 2025, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 27, 7:39 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Se Hancock, MN	Four inches of water flowing across road.

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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 3582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 7.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

013 
WGUS53 KMPX 280023
FFWMPX
MNC121-151-280130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0010.250728T0023Z-250728T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
723 PM CDT Sun Jul 27 2025

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
  Northern Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 723 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Benson, Cyrus, Lake Hassel, Gilchrist, Clontarf, Glacial Lakes 
  State Park, Lake Emily, Swift Falls and Monson Lake State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4565 9576 4548 9513 4541 9519 4541 9526
      4534 9526 4529 9530 4537 9612 4541 9612
      4541 9575 4559 9575 4559 9576

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

NDC

1 follow-up statement

166 
WGUS73 KMPX 280136
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
836 PM CDT Sun Jul 27 2025

MNC121-151-280146-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-250728T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pope MN-Swift MN-
836 PM CDT Sun Jul 27 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN POPE AND NORTHERN 
SWIFT COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Please continue to heed remaining road 
closures.

&&

LAT...LON 4565 9576 4548 9513 4541 9519 4541 9526
      4534 9526 4529 9530 4537 9612 4541 9612
      4541 9575 4559 9575 4559 9576

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	40 min
Jul 27, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	53 min
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	47 min
Jul 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Wright	43 min
Jul 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright	34 min
Jul 27, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	32 min
Jul 27, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine	61 min
Jul 27, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	38 min
Jul 27, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	50 min
Jul 27, 8:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	3 hr
Jul 27, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	45 min
Jul 27, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	42 days
Jul 27, 9:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Stevens	12 hr
Jul 27, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	66 min
Jul 27, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	37 min
Jul 27, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	47 min
Jul 28, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	45 min
Jul 28, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	6 hr
Jul 28, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	21 days
Jul 28, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	34 min
Jul 28, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	115 min
Jul 28, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	47 min

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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.