Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2004, 9:58 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Iowa. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2004, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Crawford County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KARX 090304
FFWARX
IAC005-WIC023-090600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
958 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LANSING TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF VIROQUA. ESTIMATES FROM
RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE
PAST 2 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LANSING...NEW
ALBIN...HIGHWAY 131 AND COUNTY B...RED BARN
CAMPGROUND...FERRYVILLE...AND COUNTY ROADS A 26 AND X 6 A.
STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED OVER 2.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE THE
STORMS STARTED THIS EVENING IN LANSING. HOWEVER...RAINFALL CONTINUES
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 11 PM. MUDSLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 35
AND PREFERRED STEEP TERRAIN AREAS ARE LIKELY.
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 4342 9072 4331 9072 4333 9159 4342 9156
4350 9143 4350 9123 4350 9125 4345 9125
4342 9121
$$
BAUMGARDT3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KARX 090335
FFSARX
IAC005-WIC023-090600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1035 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
CRAWFORD AND ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES...
AT 1015 PM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED COUNTY
TRUNK B AND C...NORTH AND SOUTH OF FERRYVILLE...HAVE WATER AND MUD
OVER THE ROADS. ALSO...SMALL BOULDERS WERE IN THE ROADS THERE.
ACROSS THE RIVER AT LANSING...WATER AND MUD WERE REPORTED OVER
HIGHWAY 26.
AT 1025 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
BEGINNING TO SHIFT NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE AFFECTED AREA.
HOWEVER...RADAR ALSO INDICATES 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE
FALLEN FROM LANSING TO FERRYVILLE TO RISING SUN SO FAR TONIGHT. A
SPOTTER IN LANSING REPORTS HE HAS HAD ABOUT 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
THE RAIN STARTED AROUND 8 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LANSING...NEW ALBIN AND
RED BARN CAMPGROUND...FERRYVILLE...AND RISING SUN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE
WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE
STALLS...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4333 9079 4334 9157 4335 9157 4343 9155
4350 9143 4350 9125 4346 9125 4342 9119
4341 9072 4332 9072
$$
BAUMGARDT
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WGUS73 KARX 090416
FFSARX
IAC005-WIC023-090600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1116 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
CRAWFORD AND ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES...
AT 1100 PM...CRAWFORD COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY 35
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS CLOSED FROM HIGHWAY 171 TO NEAR DE
SOTO DUE TO MUDSLIDES. COUNTY TRUNK B AND C ARE ALSO CLOSED NEAR
FERRYVILLE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT IN NORTHERN AND
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
AT 1105 PM...ALLAMAKEE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADS CLOSED NEAR
LANSING. BASEMENT FLOODING IS OCCURING NEAR LANSING AS WELL. HIGHWAY
26 REMAINS OPEN AT THIS TIME.
AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NOW JUST NORTH OF THE
FLOODED REGION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT HOUR SHOULD BE
VERY LITTLE. RAINFALL SPOTTERS REPORT THAT OVER 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN
NEAR LANSING IOWA TONIGHT. THIS LIKELY EXTENDS EAST TO FERRYVILLE
AND RISING SUN.
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 4333 9079 4334 9157 4335 9157 4343 9155
4350 9143 4350 9125 4346 9125 4342 9119
4341 9072 4332 9072
$$
BAUMGARDT
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WGUS73 KARX 090555
FFSARX
IAC005-WIC023-090610-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1252 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 AM...
WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND ALLAMAKEE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT HAVE NOW
WEAKENED OR MOVED AWAY. ALTHOUGH ROADS ARE AFFECTED FROM LANSING
IOWA TO FERRYVILLE WISCONSIN...ROAD CREWS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE
WORST FLOODING IMPACTS UNDER CONTROL. HIGHWAY 35 IS NOW OPEN ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND COUNTY TRUNK B AND C ARE ONE LANE IN
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4333 9079 4334 9157 4335 9157 4343 9155
4350 9143 4350 9125 4346 9125 4342 9119
4341 9072 4332 9072
$$
BAUMGARDTNearby
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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.