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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 31, 2000Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2000, 9:58 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2000, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Grant County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KARX 010259
FFWARX
WIC043-010700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
958 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES WEST OF BURTON...OR
  ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUTTENBERG. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED...
  LANCASTER
  PLATTEVILLE

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.

THOMPSON

LAT...LON 4297 9116 4268 9106 4253 9045 4267 8854
          4311 8859 4316 9051

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant56 min
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, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon4 hr
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon6 hr
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau60 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau3 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

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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.