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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 13, 2001Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2001, 6:45 AM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 105 min. 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, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
105 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Mower County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 131145
FFWLSE
MNC099-131330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 645 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...
  ROSE CREEK...
  BROWNSDALE...
  AUSTIN...
  ADAMS...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF UP 
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 

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 ROADWAYKS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

$$

RIECK

LAT...LON 4382 9260 4355 9259 4354 9299 4386 9302

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge2 hr

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.