Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT for Fillmore 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fillmore County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KARX 090419 FFWARX MNC045-090600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1115 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CHOICE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF CALEDONIA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANTON...CHATFIELD... FOUNTAIN...HARMONY...LANESBORO...MABEL AND PRESTON. * LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN AND INTO PRESTON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE ROOT RIVER...WILLOW CREEK...PINE CREEK...AND CAMP CREEK. 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. 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. LAT...LON 4384 9247 4350 9244 4351 9174 4384 9174 $$ SCHRECK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KARX 090507 FFSARX MNC045-090600- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1205 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY... AT 1148 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WATER IS RECEDING OVER HIGHWAY 52 NEAR PRESTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA SOUTH OF PRESTON. HARMONY...HUTTON...CARINONA...AND HENRYTOWN ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE ROOT RIVER...WILLOW CREEK...PINE CREEK...AND CAMP CREEK. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTH HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS COULD BE CAUSING UNREPORTED PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4384 9247 4350 9244 4351 9174 4384 9174 $$ SCHRECK
000 WGUS73 KARX 090558 FFSARX MNC045-090610- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1258 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FILLMORE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 AM... WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FILLMORE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4384 9247 4350 9244 4351 9174 4384 9174 $$ SCHRECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.