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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2003, 10:36 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2003, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KARX 110336 FFWARX WIC103-110600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1036 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE ABOUT 9 PM HAVE BEEN IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE... RICHLAND CENTER... 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 4355 9021 4321 9020 4321 9066 4355 9066 $$ THOMPSON
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KARX 110431 FFSARX WIC103-110600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1130 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1126 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL TONIGHT FROM WESTPORT...TO RICHLAND CENTER...NORTHEAST TO LOYD...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF CAZENOVIA. THIS AREA WILL BE THE MOST PRONE TO MUDSLIDES FROM THE RAINFALL. THROUGH 1 AM...RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF. THE THREAT OF MUDSLIDES AND FLOODING WILL DIMINISH AFTER 1 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ BAUMGARDT
000 WGUS73 KARX 110602 FFSARX WIC043-103-110630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 100 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RICHLAND AND GRANT COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE GRANT AND RICHLAND COUNTIES...AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT. ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE SUBSIDED. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GRANT AND RICHLAND COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...MAINSTEM RIVERS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AS THEY CARRY AWAY THE WATER. $$ MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 50 min |
| May 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 19 min |
| May 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 56 min |
| May 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 57 min |
| May 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 53 min |
| May 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.