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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 22, 2002Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2002, 6:47 AM CDT for Clark County, Taylor 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2002, 6:47 AM CDT (11:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2002-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2002-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KARX 221147
FFWLSE
WIC019-119-221500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
645 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 644 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF TAYLOR 
  COUNTY...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY. PARTS OF CLARK COUNTY
  MAY HAVE PICKED UP 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ABBOTSFORD...
  DORCHESTER...
  LUBLIN...
  OWEN...

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 4470 9033 4479 9092 4540 9094 4514 9032

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXAdams3 hr

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.