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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 17, 1996Crawford County, Grant County, Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1996, 2:51 AM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, 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 17, 1996, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Richland County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5 hours 25 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, 5 hours 24 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, 4 hours 41 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

RIECK

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford, Grant38 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant28 min
Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon36 min
Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon4 hr
Jun 16, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland35 min
Jun 16, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland30 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXRichland3 hr
Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr

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.