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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 11, 2002Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2002, 2:10 AM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2002, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2002, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2859 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 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KARX 110710
FFWLSE
MNC109-157-111115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
210 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 210 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...
  BYRON...
  DOVER...
  ELGIN...
  EYOTA...
  MAZEPPA...

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.

LAT...LON 4440 9209 4389 9210 4391 9267 4420 9268
          4438 9253

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha60 min
Jun 11, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.