Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 1995, 10:49 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1995, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 140349 FFWLSE WIC011-121-140900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1049 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY...CENTRAL TREMPEALEAU COUNTY AT 1049 PM...VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM AROUND BLAIR AND ARCADIA TO COCHRANE AND FOUNTAIN CITY. THESE AREAS ARE 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN BLAIR AND ARCADIA REPORTED FLOODED STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCPESS OF 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. KEEP AWAY FROM CREEKS OR STREAMS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS DURING HEAVY RAINS. THOMPSON & NNNN
What 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
Local storm report, Aug 13, 9:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
955 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 PM LUBLIN WI TREES DOWN
8/13/95 TAYLOR
0815 PM THORP WI SHED BLOWN OVER
8/13/95 CLARK POWER OUTAGES
0820 PM OSSEO WI TREES DOWN
8/13/95 TREMPEALEAU POWER OUTAGES
0830 PM WHITEHALL WI TREES DOWN
8/13/95 TREMPEALEAU
0850 PM BLAIR WI TREES DOWN
8/13/95 TREMPEALEAU SHED BLOWN OVER
BRUCEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 68 min |
| Aug 13, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.