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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 9, 2000Dodge County, Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2000, 10:20 AM CDT for Dodge County, Mower County, Minnesota. 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
Jul 9, 2000, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2000, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2000-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KARX 091522
FFWARX
MNC039-099-091815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1020 AM CDT SUN JUL 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1020 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
  ROADS CLOSED IN SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN
  ADDITION URBAN FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN MOWER COUNTY.
  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE
  STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
  COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  KASSON
  DODGE CENTER
  HAYFIELD
  BROWNSDALE
  GRAND MEADOW

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.

RABERDING

LAT...LON 4403 9268 4385 9270 4378 9246 4352 9247
          4351 9306 4403 9305

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore42 min

Nearby

Flash 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.