Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1992, 8:03 AM CDT for Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1992, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1992, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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, 1.1 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
- 1874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 161303
FFWLSE
WIC123-161700-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
803 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
...VERNON COUNTY
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER VERNON COUNTY. THIS COMBINED WITH
THE SATURATED GROUND WILL AGAIN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN VERNON COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN HARRISON HOLLOW...AS WELL AS NEAR BEAR AND OTTER CREEKS...
AND ALONG THE KICKAPOO RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING.
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.
BRUCE
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 16, 6:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MNZ019-161200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 600 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 700AM CDT... AT 550AM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY TO ALBERT LEA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS MEANS THAT MORE RAIN WILL FALL ON AREAS WITH SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOIL. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 700AM THIS MORNING. THE RAINS EARLIER IN THE NIGHT...COUPLED WITH THE CURRENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED AS MORE RAIN FALLS. FOR THAT REASON...PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS...PARTICULARILY THOSE PRONE TO FLOODING... ARE URGED TO KEEP ON TOP OF THE WEATHER SITUATION. SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR THOSE PERSONS SHOULD BE READY TO ESCAPE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALSO WITH THE WORK DAY FASTLY APPROACHING...MORNING COMMUTERS ARE SHOULD BEWARE THAT SOME LOW-LYING ROADS MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. THIS WOULD ESPECIALLY BE TRUE IN GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS EITHER OCCURRED OR WERE OCCURRING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD WHICH IS COVERED *WITH WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. IT MAY WELL BE HIDING A DANGEROUS WASHOUT. FOX
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MNZ019-161200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 600 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 700AM CDT... AT 550AM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY TO ALBERT LEA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS MEANS THAT MORE RAIN WILL FALL ON AREAS WITH SATURATED OR NEARLY SATURATED SOIL. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 700AM THIS MORNING. THE RAINS EARLIER IN THE NIGHT...COUPLED WITH THE CURRENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED AS MORE RAIN FALLS. FOR THAT REASON...PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL CREEKS OR STREAMS...PARTICULARILY THOSE PRONE TO FLOODING... ARE URGED TO KEEP ON TOP OF THE WEATHER SITUATION. SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR THOSE PERSONS SHOULD BE READY TO ESCAPE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALSO WITH THE WORK DAY FASTLY APPROACHING...MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD TAKE HEED THAT SOME LOW-LYING ROADS MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. THIS WOULD ESPECIALLY BE TRUE IN GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS EITHER OCCURRED OR WERE OCCURRING. IF YOU E-NCOUNTER A ROAD WHICH IS COVERED WITH WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. IT MAY WELL BE HIDING A DANGEROUS WASHOUT. FOX
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 613 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU...AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... AT 610 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR MONDOVI...WHERE 6.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE MONDOVI AND ALMA AREAS THROUGH 700 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WHITEHALL AND ARCADIA AREAS THROUGH 730 AM...AND IN THE LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS ...AND SPARTA AREA THOUGH 800 AM. MANY ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WERE WATER IS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE ROAD. THIS IS HOW MOST DEATHS OCCUR IN FLASH FLOODING... BRUCE
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 613 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU...AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... AT 610 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR MONDOVI...WHERE 6.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE MONDOVI AND ALMA AREAS THROUGH 700 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WHITEHALL AND ARCADIA AREAS THROUGH 730 AM...AND IN THE LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS ...AND SPARTA AREA THOUGH 800 AM. MANY ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION THIS MORNING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS AREAS WERE WATER IS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE ROAD. THIS IS HOW MOST DEATHS OCCUR IN FLASH FLOODING... BRUCE CORRECTED 700 PM TO 700 AM
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 7:06 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ019-161300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 707 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 650AM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE WIDESPREAD STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE OCCURRING EARLIER IN THE MORNING...HAVE BECOME LESS INTENSE AND FEWER IN NUMBER. FOR THAT REASON THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND RIGHT OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN TO LAKE CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED...BUT SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY STILL OCCUR. CALLS TO THE COUNTY SHERIFFS AROUND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA REVEALED NO MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY BE STILL BE FOUND. LOW-LYING ROADS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WABASHA AND GOODHUE COUNTIES COUMLD STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER FROM THE HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ONE OF THESE WATER COVERED ROADS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. IT MAY WELL BE HIDING A DANGEROUS WASHOUT. FOX
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 7:25 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 725 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU...AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM... AT 720 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITAION EXTENDED FROM ALMA...TO ROCHESTER...TO MASON CITY IOWA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THERE HAD BEEN SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY. IT NOW APPEARS THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA THROUGH MID MORN~ING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS MANY ROADWAYS ARE COVERED WITH STANDING WATER. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 117 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.