Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1993, 10:04 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1993, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 200308 RRA
FFWLSE
WIC053-201100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED - RESEND -
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1004 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...JACKSON COUNTY
AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVE
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JACKSON COUNTY. THE PRECIPTATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT...BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. AS
A RESULT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 600 AM
SUNDAY MORNING.
MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THERE HAVE BEEN
NUMEROUS MUDSLIDES. AT MELROSE...4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. MANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND WATER IS RUNNING RAPIDLY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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, Jun 19, 5:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
MNZ018-019-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...SOME MODERATE RAINS SOAKING SOUTHEAST MINNEOTA... AT 525 PM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
MNZ018-019-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...SOME MODERATE RAINS SOAKING SOUTHEAST MINNEOTA... AT 525 PM RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM ALBERT LEA TO ROCHESTER...AND CALEDONIA TO WINONA AND RED WING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE OCCURRED IN HOUSTON COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...EXCEPT FOR A FEW CAMPERS BEING MOVED AT BEAVER VALLEY STATE PARK AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO WISCONSIN...HOWEVER THE LIGHT RAIN SHOULD LINGER THROUGH 9 PM. TRAVELERS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS...AND RESIDENTS AND CAMPERS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. KRUSE G. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP AND EYE OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INDOORS...KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOIDING USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES INCLUDING THE TELEPHONE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF DELAWARE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TONIGHT... VAUGHAN
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
MNZ018-019-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...SOME MODERATE RAINS SOAKING SOUTHEAST MINNEOTA... AT 525 PM RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERING SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM ALBERT LEA TO ROCHESTER...AND CALEDONIA TO WINONA AND RED WING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE OCCURRED IN HOUSTON COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...EXCEPT FOR A FEW CAMPERS BEING MOVED AT BEAVER VALLEY STATE PARK AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE MOVED INTO WISCONSIN...HOWEVER THE LIGHT RAIN SHOULD LINGER THROUGH 9 PM. TRAVELERS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING ON .ROADWAYS...AND RESIDENTS AND CAMPERS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
WIZ010-014-200030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 611 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE NOW WELL EAST OF LA CROSSE... AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEAST IOWA. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LA CROSSE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM.P..WHILE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN UNTIL 800 PM... BUT THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE LA CROSSE. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
WIZ010-014-200230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 712 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 707 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE LA CROSSE AREA...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE HAS BEEN CANCELED OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM. MANY ROADS IN JACKSON COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WIZ010-014-200330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 838 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 1993 ...RAIN WAS ENDING SOUTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 835 PM...RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER MOST OF FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING IN THE LA CROSSE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM. MANY ROADS IN JACKSON COUNTY HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. A FLOOD WARNING IS AL^SO IN EFFECT ALONG THE TREMPEALEAU RIVER IN JACKSON...TREMPEALEAU...AND BUFFALO COUNTIES. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 12 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 11 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.