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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 2025Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2025, 4:55 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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, 5:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Alberta, MN	Multiple roads under water in Alberta reported via Stevens County dispatch.

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 12:00Z, 9.9 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-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: 1189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

558 
WGUS53 KMPX 272155
FFWMPX
MNC121-149-272300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FF.W.0008.250727T2155Z-250727T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 455 PM CDT, local law enforcement flooded roads near Chokio due 
  to thunderstorms producing heavy rain. 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...Law enforcement 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, Starbuck, Hancock, Chokio, Cyrus, Donnelly, Lake Hattie, 
  Fish Lake, Alberta, Farwell, Morris Airport and Lake Emily.

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 4576 9576 4576 9559 4558 9554 4546 9574
      4542 9624 4559 9624 4559 9625 4570 9625
      4576 9577

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

NDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	55 min
Jul 27, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	44 min
Jul 27, 12:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	39 min
Jul 27, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	47 min
Jul 27, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville	47 min
Jul 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	52 min
Jul 27, 2:58 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 16 more	24 hr
Jul 27, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	41 min
Jul 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	36 min
Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	54 min
Jul 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	45 min
Jul 27, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Swift	49 min
Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns	45 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Stevens	4 hr
Jul 27, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	32 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	38 min
Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	49 min
Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright	37 min
Jul 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	29 min
Jul 27, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	39 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	31 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.