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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 1, 2000Winona County, Minnesota; Jackson County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2000, 2:19 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota; Jackson County, Trempealeau 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2000, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Winona County, MN, Jackson County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KARX 011924
FFWARX
MNC169-WIC053-121-012200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
219 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING
  ACROSS THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED...
  BLACK RIVER FALLS
  WINONA

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

RIECK

LAT...LON 4396 9184 4389 9158 4430 9073 4444 9106

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower53 min
May 31, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore57 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston55 min
May 31, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Winona67 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower59 min
May 31, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower5 hr
Jun 1, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore5 hr
Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower2 hr
Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHouston95 min
Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower4 hr
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower6 hr
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona60 min
Jun 1, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore58 min
Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston63 min
May 31, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant56 min
May 31, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant4 hr
May 31, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant64 min
May 31, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Vernon65 min
May 31, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Jun 1, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland69 min
Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland6 hr
Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant4 hr
Jun 1, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Monroe53 min
Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe35 min
Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau55 min
Jun 1, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe27 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams56 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon66 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau60 min
Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant38 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.