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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 13, 2001Dodge County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2001, 6:20 AM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 13, 2001, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1421 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 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
1421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KARX 131123
FFWLSE
MNC039-131330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
620 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 620 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...
  WEST CONCORD...
  MANTORVILLE...
  KASSON...
  HAYFIELD...
  DODGE CENTER...

RADAR INDICATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 56 AND COUNTY G 
WAS UNDER WATER. ALSO...A MUDSLIDE OVER COUNTY 24.

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 4418 9272 4384 9272 4385 9297 4421 9304

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower105 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.