Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2004, 7:25 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota; Floyd County, Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Floyd County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Nora Springs, IA | WATER OVER ROCK GROVE DRIVE |
| Jul 5, 9:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Charles City, IA | WATER OVER UNDERWOOD AVE...AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS T64 AND B33 |
| Jul 5, 9:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Rudd, IA | WATER OVER HIGHWAY T26 |
| Jul 5, 9:35 PM CDT | FLOOD | Osage, IA | STREET FLOODING IN OSAGE |
| Jul 5, 9:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nnw Osage, IA | RURAL ROAD UNDER WATER ALONG KIRKWOOD AVENUE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 060053 CCA FFWARX IAC067-131-MNC099-060300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 725 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FLOYD...MITCHELL...AND MOWER COUNTIES. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS IN THESE AREAS. STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...AND DITCHES AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING FULL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AUSTIN... BROWNSDALE...CHARLES CITY...FLOYD...LYLE...MARBLE ROCK AND NORA SPRINGS. SOME OF THE CREEKS AND RIVERS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDED DEER CREEK...ROCK CREEK...WILLOW CREEK...FLOOD CREEK...ORCHARD CREEK...WOODBURY CREEK...AND THE CEDAR RIVER. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4292 9303 4292 9257 4376 9281 4380 9305 $$ MW
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KARX 060137 FFSARX IAC067-131-MNC099-060300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 837 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MOWER...FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ALL OF FLOYD...MITCHELL... AND MOWER COUNTIES. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT DITCHES ARE FULL AND FIELDS ARE FLOODED. AT LEAST ONE RURAL ROAD IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MITCHELL COUNTY WAS UNDER WATER ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING IS A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AUSTIN...BROWNSDALE... CHARLES CITY...FLOYD...LYLE...MARBLE ROCK AND NORA SPRINGS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FORGE FLOODED ROADWAYS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS... ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4292 9303 4292 9257 4376 9281 4380 9305 $$ MW
000 WGUS73 KARX 060248 FFSARX IAC067-131-MNC099-060300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 948 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MOWER...FLOYD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 948 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MOWER AND MITCHELL COUNTIES...BUT THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO END OVER FLOYD COUNTY. ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT DITCHES ARE FULL AND FIELDS ARE FLOODED. IN FLOYD COUNTY...WATER WAS OVER SEVERAL ROADWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAY T 26 4 MILES NORTH OF RUDD...NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS T 64 AND B 33 TO THE NORTH OF CHARLES CITY...AND ROCK GROVE DRIVE TO THE SOUTH OF NORA SPRINGS. IN MITCHELL COUNTY...STREET FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING IN PARTS OF OSAGE...AND WATER WAS FLOODING A RURAL ROAD 3 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF OSAGE. THE RAIN SHOULD BE LETTING UP OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...BUT THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOME FLOODING CONCERNS. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED AS A FLOOD WARNING AFTER 10 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...AUSTIN...CHARLES CITY...FLOYD...LYLE...MARBLE ROCK...NORA SPRINGS AND OSAGE. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4292 9303 4292 9257 4376 9281 4380 9305 $$ MW
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.