Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1996, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richland County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 170333 FFWLSE WIC103-170615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1030 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ...NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY AT 1030 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM FROM VIOLA AND BOSSTOWN TO BETWEEN YUBA AND CAZENOVIA. THESE AREAS ARE FROM 40 TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CFAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. THOMPSON
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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
WIZ043-044-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JUNEAU...ADAMS...WAUSHARA...MARQUETTE... GREEN LAKE...SAUK...COLUMBIA...AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM CDT... ..FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE LISTENING AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MN...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST AND SOUTHWEST WI TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE AND HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCING UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS A FLOOD THREAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE INDICATED AREA. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROADWAYS WHICH ARE WATER COVERED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. RIECK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
WIZ043-044-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 925 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LACROSSE...MONROE...VERNON... CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...AND GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM CDT... ..FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE LISTENING AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MN...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WEST AND SOUTHWEST WI TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE AND HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURING WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCING UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS A FLOOD THREAT MAY DEVELOP IN THE INDICATED AREA. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY ROADWAYS WHICH ARE WATER COVERED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WX RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. RIECK
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE, WI
1010 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
812 PM BAGLEY & WYALUSING WI 2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
GRANT BETWEEN CITIES...BY SHERRIF
823 PM PATCH GROVE WI POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COUNTY P
GRANT
1010 PM LAFARGE WI RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTED 2.47
VERNON INCHES SINCE APPROX 9 PM
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.