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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 7:22 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2004, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Tomah, WI | BASEMENT WASHED OUT UNDERNEATH A HOUSE ON COUNTY B |
| Jun 16, 9:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Mc Coy, WI | 2.71 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SINCE 730 PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KARX 170023 FFWARX WIC081-170315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 722 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER COUNTY ROADS I AND I I...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF SPARTA. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FORT MC COY... SPARTA...TOMAH...CATARACT...AND I 90 BETWEEN EXITS 25 AND 43. 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 4404 9095 4380 9089 4393 9034 4416 9039 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KARX 170137 FFSARX WIC081-170315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 836 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR MONROE COUNTY... AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...ACROSS MONROE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE CATARACT LOOKOUT POINT TO BETWEEN THE NORTH FLOWAGE AND THE REZIN LANDING STRIP...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN LEON AND MELVINA. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS ALONG CLEAR CREEK...JAY CREEK...MILL CREEK...SOPER CREEK...LA CROSSE RIVER IN NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY. THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED CONSIDERABLE FIELD FLOODING NORTH OF TOMAH. MUD WAS REPORTED COVERING A LANE ON COUNTY ROAD G...AND WATER WAS COVERING PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD M. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4404 9095 4380 9089 4393 9034 4416 9039 $$ BOYNE
000 WGUS73 KARX 170253 FFSARX WIC081-170315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 952 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR MONROE COUNTY... AT 952 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN...SOMETIMES HEAVY AT TIMES...GENERALLY NORTH OF A SPARTA TO CLIFTON LINE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE CATARACT LOOKOUT POINT TO BETWEEN THE NORTH FLOWAGE AND WARRENS...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN BETWEEN LEON AND MELVINA. THIS WILL POSSIBLY AFFECT RESIDENTS ALONG CLEAR...JAY... MILL...AND SOPER CREEKS...AND THE LA CROSSE RIVER IN NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY....AND CANNON VALLEY AND SAND CREEKS AND LITTLE LA CROSSE RIVER IN EASTERN MONROE COUNTY. THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED CONSIDERABLE FIELD FLOODING NORTH OF TOMAH. MUD WAS REPORTED COVERING A LANE ON COUNTY ROAD G...AND WATER WAS COVERING PORTIONS OF COUNTY ROAD M. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 27 NORTH OF SPARTA...COUNTY ROAD I...COUNTY ROAD B...COUNTY ROAD II...JANUS AVENUE...STATE HIGHWAY 21 IN THE ANGELO AREA...EMBONY ROAD...AND ECHO ROAD. 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 4404 9095 4380 9089 4393 9034 4416 9039 $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Adams | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.