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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2025, 1:15 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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 23, 2025, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2025, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
937
WGUS53 KMPX 231815
FFWMPX
MNC003-053-231915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0006.250723T1815Z-250723T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
115 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Anoka County in east central Minnesota...
Northwest Hennepin and Northeast Hennepin County in east central
Minnesota...
* Until 215 PM CDT.
* At 115 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over Champlin, or 15 miles north of Minneapolis, moving
northeast at 50 mph. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional
rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 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...
Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Blaine, Andover, Fridley,
Champlin, Anoka, Ham Lake, Corcoran, Osseo and Blaine Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4507 9357 4512 9362 4526 9328 4516 9319
4507 9344
PARTITION...127053 327053
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
CTG1 follow-up statement
689
WGUS73 KMPX 231906
FFSMPX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
206 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2025
MNC003-053-231916-
/O.EXP.KMPX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250723T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Anoka MN-Hennepin MN-
206 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ANOKA AND NORTHWEST HENNEPIN AND NORTHEAST HENNEPIN COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash Flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
&&
LAT...LON 4507 9357 4512 9362 4526 9328 4516 9319
4507 9344
PARTITION...127053 327053
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 22 min |
| Jul 23, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 83 min |
| Jul 23, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 87 min |
| Jul 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 34 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.