Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 7:37 PM CDT for Adams 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 16, 2004, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adams County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 170037
FFWARX
WIC001-170330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
737 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE
CENTER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF FRIENDSHIP. THE STORMS
PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...NEW ROME.
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 4406 8982 4410 8998 4411 9000 4416 8995
4417 8990 4419 8989 4420 8990 4424 8987
4424 8959 4421 8959
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KARX 170239
FFSARX
WIC001-170330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
939 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
ADAMS COUNTY...
AT 939 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES
TO RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND
8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN ROME
TOWNSHIP AND NORTHEAST LEOLA TOWNSHIP. BOTH OF THESE TOWNSHIPS
ARE LOCATED IN FAR NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY
AFFECT RESIDENTS ALONG FOURTEEN MILE AND SPRING BRANCH CREEKS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE
FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4406 8982 4410 8998 4411 9000 4416 8995
4417 8990 4419 8989 4420 8990 4424 8987
4424 8959 4421 8959
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Monroe | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.