Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2004, 7:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2004, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:59 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 151258
FFWARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
758 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 1100 AM CDT
* AT 754 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR WABASHA
TO NEAR PRESTON IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. RAINFALL OVERNIGHT
HAS BEEN OVER 5 INCHES IN MANY AREAS WITH WIDESPREAD ROAD
CLOSURES AND MUD SLIDES. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS
FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ADAMS...ALTURA...
CLAREMONT...DODGE CENTER...FOUNTAIN...GOODVIEW AND GRAND MEADOW.
FLOODING WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE THIS MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
HIGH WATER. OBEY ROAD CLOSURES AND FIND AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE. MORE
PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY FLOODING THAN MOST OTHER THUNDERSTORM THREATS.
AGAIN...EVEN WITHOUT THE HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING...ON GOING FLOOD
PROBLEMS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING. EXPECT IMPROVEMENT BUT ALLOW SOME
TIME.
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
$$
SHEA3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KARX 151323
FFSARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
823 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR
MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE COUNTIES...
AT 815 AM...THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE ROOT RIVER IN FAR NORTHWESTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.
ALSO...WINONA COUNTY REPORTS EARLIER MUDSLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 61...
AND HIGH WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. THERE ARE NO
KNOWN ROADS CLOSED IN SOUTHWEST WINONA COUNTY THOUGH.
ACCORDING TO ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE...
SOUTHWEST DODGE COUNTY...NEAR BLOOMING PRAIRIE...
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST MOWER COUNTY...INCLUDING LE ROY AND
WALTHAM...
NORTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY...FROM CHATFIELD TO NEAR PILOT MOUND...
AND SOUTHWEST WINONA COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL BE SPOTTY. THIS FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS AN EXTENSION DUE TO LINGERING HIGH WATER AND FLOODING
PROBLEMS.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO HIGH WATER. OBEY ROAD CLOSURES. TURN AROUND...
DO NOT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304
4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268
4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185
4405 9162 4400 9146
$$
SHEA000
WGUS73 KARX 151425
FFSARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151600-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
925 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR
MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE COUNTIES...
FLASH FLOODING...PRIMARILY FROM OVERNIGHT HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUES
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
IN MOWER COUNTY...FLOODING IS REPORTED IN AUSTIN...ADAMS...TAOPI
AND LE ROY. SECTIONS OF INTERSTATE 90 ARE CLOSED...ALONG WITH OTHER
STATE HIGHWAYS AND TOWNSHIP ROADS. THE CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE
CEDAR RIVER NEAR AUSTIN ARE ALL HIGH AND FLOODING. EVEN THE
HEADWATERS OF THE UPPER IOWA RIVER NEAR LE ROY IS EXPERIENCING
FLOODING WORSE THAN IN 1993.
IN DODGE COUNTY...NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS WERE
UNDERWATER. STATE HIGHWAYS WERE REPORTEDLY OPEN THOUGH. COMMUNITIES
ALONG THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE ZUMBRO RIVER HAVE
FLOODING...INCLUDING SOME HOMES IN THE WASIOJA AREA.
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IN
THIS REGION...WITH SOME UNOFFICIAL READINGS OVER 10 INCHES NEAR
BLOOMING PRAIRIE. SO FAR THIS MORNING...RAINFALL HAS BEEN SPOTTY AND
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO AT LEAST THROUGH NOON. IN FACT...IT APPEARS
THE AXIS OF THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST OF THIS AREA FOR LATER
TODAY.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS THE MORNING GOES ON...BUT IT WILL BE A
SLOW IMPROVEMENT. WATCH FOR HIGH WATER AND STAY ON HIGH 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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
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
$$
SHEA000
WGUS73 KARX 151525
FFSARX
MNC039-045-099-169-151615-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1025 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 CDT...
THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...PRIMARILY FROM OVERNIGHT HEAVY
RAIN...HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
MOWER...FILLMORE...WINONA AND DODGE COUNTIES AT 11 AM CDT.
SINCE ONGOING FLOODING FROM LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAINS WILL BE SLOW TO
IMPROVE IN MOWER...DODGE AND FILLMORE COUNTIES...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR THOSE COUNTIES WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING
THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF THE DAY.
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE SPOTTY THE REST OF THIS MORNING. IN
FACT...IT STILL APPEARS THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL SHIFT EAST OF
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE...CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE WITH
RESPECT TO ONGOING FLOODING. WATCH FOR HIGH WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM
FLOODED AREAS. DO NOT GO AROUND ROAD BLOCKS WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
LAT...LON 4385 9155 4384 9174 4353 9177 4352 9304
4385 9275 4385 9305 4419 9304 4419 9268
4382 9269 4384 9210 4419 9207 4419 9185
4405 9162 4400 9146
$$
THOMPSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mower, Olmsted | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 5 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Winona | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Winona | 111 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.