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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 15, 2004Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2004, 2:58 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. 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
Sep 15, 2004, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
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 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2004-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2004-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KARX 150758
FFWARX
MNC045-151100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
258 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  WARNED AREA. AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL ESTIMATED THAT 
  NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOME 
  STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN SPRING VALLEY AND SPRING VALLEY 
  CREEK WAS NEARLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 
  1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANTON...FOUNTAIN...
  HARMONY...LANESBORO...MABEL...PRESTON AND RUSHFORD.

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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DO NOT
DROWN.

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 4352 9243 4351 9176 4384 9175 4383 9242

$$

04
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KARX 150946
FFSARX
MNC045-151100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
446 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
FILLMORE COUNTY...

AT 444 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER SOME ROADS AND SOME ROADS CLOSED IN 
THE RUSHFORD AND SPRING VALLEY AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 AM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CANTON...FOUNTAIN...
HARMONY...LANESBORO...MABEL...RUSHFORD AND SPRING VALLEY.

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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DO NOT
DROWN.

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 4352 9243 4351 9176 4384 9175 4383 9242

$$

04

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge5 hr
Sep 14, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower, Olmsted4 hr
Sep 15, 1:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge, Mower, Olmsted5 hr
Sep 15, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWinona2 hr
Sep 15, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge, Fillmore, Mower, Winona111 min
Sep 15, 7:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXDodge, Fillmore, Mower, Winona3 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.