Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Sep 15, 2004, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2004, 8:00 AM CDT

In force

111 min

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Winona County, MN

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KARX 151115
FFWARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE         
  WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES FROM  RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES  
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS OVER PORTIONS OF THE    
  WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A MUDSLIDE ON GARVIN HEIGHTS 
  ROAD OR COUNTY ROAD 44.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ADAMS...ALTURA...  
CANTON...CHATFIELD...CLAREMONT...DODGE CENTER...FOUNTAIN AND WINONA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED 
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.

PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304
      4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268
      4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185
      4405 9162 4400 9146

$$

DAS

000 
WGUS73 KARX 151237
FFSARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151300-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE COUNTIES...

AT 7 AM...NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED IN THE LE ROY MINNESOTA AREA...
WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN. ALTHOUGH 3.11 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LE ROY...CONSIDERABLY MORE HAD FALLEN JUST NORTH 
OF TOWN ON THE HEADWATERS OF THE UPPER IOWA RIVER.

AT 714 AM...AT LEAST 4 MAJOR STREETS WERE UNDER WATER IN SPRING 
VALLEY MINNESOTA...WHERE ALMOST 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAD BEEN REPORTED.

UNOFFICIAL REPORTS FROM THE BLOOMING PRAIRIE AREA...ON THE DODGE
AND STEELE COUNTY LINE HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 11.50 INCHES.

THERE IS LIKELY HIGH WATER AND FLASH FLOODING IN NUMEROUS COUNTIES 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WILL CERTAINLY 
BE UNDER WATER SO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH IT. TURN AROUND.

WHILE RAINFALL IS MORE SPOTTY EARLY THIS MORNING...OFF AND ON 
INTENSE SHOWERS MAY BRING ANOTHER QUICK HALF INCH OF RAIN THIS 
MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE AS THE DAY WEARS ON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO 
TRIGGER ROCK AND MUD-SLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PERSONS IN THE WARNED 
AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO AVOID THESE HAZARDS.

LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304
      4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268
      4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185
      4405 9162 4400 9146

$$

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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.