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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2000, 6:01 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2000, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grant County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 112301 FFWARX WIC043-120300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 601 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... PLATTEVILLE DICKEYVILLE PERSONS ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER PERSONS ALONG THE GRANT RIVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GRANT COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM POTOSI AND DICKEYVILLE UP TOWARD PLATTEVILLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE OVER NORTHEAST IOWA...AND THESE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA. 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 A.TTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. $$ WELVAERT LAT...LON 4267 9080 4255 9064 4260 9042 4283 9043
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 77 min |
| Sep 10, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 73 min |
| Sep 10, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 57 min |
| Sep 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 53 min |
| Sep 11, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 24 min |
| Sep 11, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 34 min |
| Sep 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 63 min |
| Sep 11, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 61 min |
| Sep 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 63 min |
| Sep 11, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 59 min |
| Sep 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 32 min |
| Sep 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 74 min |
| Sep 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 64 min |
| Sep 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 58 min |
| Sep 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 55 min |
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.