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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 10, 2000Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2000, 2:55 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 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, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2000, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fillmore County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3029 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
3029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 100758
FFWARX
MNC045-101200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
255 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
  MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  FOUNTAIN
  LANESBORO
  WYKOFF
  PRESTON
  HARMONY

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FILLMORE COUNTY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN FILLMORE COUNTY REPORTED THE EVACUATION OF A
HIGH RISE AT HILLSIDE HOMES IN SPRING VALLEY...ABOUT 50 PEOPLE...AND
SAND BAGGING IS ONGOING.

RADAR ESTIMATED ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.

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 4381 9185 4352 9182 4352 9234 4380 9235

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Mower69 min
Jul 10, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Mower, Olmsted3 hr
Jul 10, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHouston3 hr
Jul 10, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge3 hr
Jul 10, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore5 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.