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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2025Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 103 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 28, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2025, 8:58 PM CDT
In force
103 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 7:38 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMorris, MNMultiple roads flooded in Morris, including 2 feet of water over County Road 22 and West 7th Street.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-511 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

128 
WGUS53 KMPX 290015
FFWMPX
MNC149-290215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0012.250729T0015Z-250729T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
715 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2025

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Stevens County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 715 PM CDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy 
  rain 6 miles southwest of Chokio, or 16 miles southwest of Morris, 
  moving east at 35 mph. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 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...Public reported.

  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...
  Morris, Hancock, Chokio, Donnelly, Lake Hattie, Fish Lake, Alberta 
  and Morris Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4569 9625 4571 9576 4559 9576 4559 9575
      4541 9575 4541 9624 4559 9624 4559 9625

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

CTG
1 follow-up statement
212 
WGUS73 KMPX 290158
FFSMPX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
858 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2025

MNC149-290208-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250729T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stevens MN-
858 PM CDT Mon Jul 28 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A 
FLOOD WARNING...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding remains across portions of the 
area and will take several hours to recede. Please continue to heed 
remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 4569 9625 4571 9576 4559 9576 4559 9575
      4541 9575 4541 9624 4559 9624 4559 9625

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope32 min
Jul 28, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift25 min
Jul 28, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stearns36 min
Jul 28, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine21 min
Jul 28, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns35 min
Jul 28, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville32 min
Jul 28, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright33 min
Jul 28, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley35 min
Jul 28, 9:02 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXStevens19 hr
Jul 28, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Wright24 min
Jul 28, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sibley, Wright47 min
Jul 28, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington31 min
Jul 28, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey2 hr
Jul 28, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 2 more51 min
Jul 28, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott53 min
Jul 28, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca42 min
Jul 28, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice44 min
Jul 28, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca40 min
Jul 28, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault31 min
Jul 28, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice46 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.