Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 1992, 8:55 AM CDT for Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1992, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1992, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 141355
FFWLSE
WIC123-141600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
855 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
...VERNON COUNTY
AT 950 AM CDY VERNON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
COON VALLEY IN VERNON COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE.
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED GO TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
COUCH
NNNNWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 6:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 6:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
WIZ010-014-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 706 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING ACROSS THE LA CROSSE ARE... AT 700 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOMAH ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE TO ROCHESTER IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF MONROE LA CROSSE...VRNON AND CRAWFORD CONTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PONDING OF WATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. PERSONS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO GO INDOORS UNTIL STORMS PASS OVER YOUR LOCATION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMA CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE LA CROSSE AREA BY 800. COUC
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 730 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM CDT MONDAY FOR SOUTHEAST AND A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 730AM CDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ROCHESTER ...EYOTA...AND STEWARTVILLE. AT 707AM CDT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 52MPH AT THE ROCHESTER WEATHER SERVICE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR STEWARTVILLE. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER. BY 8AM CDT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WINONA COUNTY NEAR WHITEWATER STATE PARK...ALTURA...AND UTICA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH FILLMORE COUNTY NEAR FROM CHATFIELD TO FOUNTAIN...LANESBORO...PRESTON...AND HARMONY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS YOU CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ROCHESTER HAVE RANGED FROM .80 AT THE ROCHESTER WEATHER SERVICE TO 2.40 INCHES AT IBM IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER. KASSON HAD 2.40 INCHES...HAYFIELD REPORTED 2.15 INCHES...ELGIN HAD 1.51 INCHES OF RAIN. PER<SONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING. SCS
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 7:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
WIZ010-014-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 735 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE HEADED FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 730 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM MAXVILLE IN BUFFALO COUNTY ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE TO SOLDIERS GROVE IN CRAWFORD COUNTY ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE LA CROSSE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WIND WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATE IN POORLY DRAINED OR LOW AREAS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. IN ADDITION THERE WILL BE AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER THIS MORNING. COUCH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 8:16 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
WIZ010-014-141500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 816 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD OVER THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 813 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE LA CROSSE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CAUSE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. GUST WIND AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE REDUCED IN AREAS OF FOG. PERSONS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATNING WEATHER THIS MORNING. COUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 4 hr |
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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.