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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2000, 11:40 PM CDT for Vernon County, Wisconsin. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2000, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KARX 010443 FFWARX WIC123-010800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1140 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED... VIROQUA 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 56 min |
| May 31, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 64 min |
| May 31, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 38 min |
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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.