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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2025, 10:48 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2025, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2025, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
296
WGUS53 KMPX 190348
FFWMPX
MNC127-190515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0004.250719T0348Z-250719T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1048 PM CDT Fri Jul 18 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1048 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. 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...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
Mainly rural areas of Southwestern Redwood County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4435 9558 4431 9559 4425 9544 4428 9540
4431 9544 4435 9550 4436 9556 4435 9557
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
TDH1 follow-up statement
734
WGUS73 KMPX 190516
FFSMPX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1216 AM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025
MNC127-190526-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250719T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Redwood MN-
1216 AM CDT Sat Jul 19 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4435 9558 4431 9559 4425 9544 4428 9540
4431 9544 4435 9550 4436 9556 4435 9557
$$
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 10 min |
| Jul 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 11 min |
| Jul 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.