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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2000, 1:38 AM CDT for Allamakee County, Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa; Houston 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 10, 2000, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2000, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Houston County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KARX 100640
FFWARX
IAC005-043-065-MNC055-100930-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
138 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HOUSTON
CALEDONIA
WAUKON
POSTVILLE
MONONA
DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY...COUPLED ALONG WITH A
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE CURRENT
STORMS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
COUNTIES.
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 4373 9140 4272 9121 4272 9196 4322 9157
4376 9163The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 12:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette, Winneshiek | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.