Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2004, 11:59 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 3, 2004, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 KMPX 040505
FFWMPX
WIC005-033-041100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1159 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 1159 PM CDT...ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST 4 HOURS OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* EXPECT A SLOW MOVING AREA OF HEAVY RAIN TO PRODUCE UP TO ANOTHER
INCH OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH LOW
LYING AREAS BECOMING INUNDATED WITH DEEP WATER. THESE DANGERS
ARE ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ALMENA...BARRON...
BOYCEVILLE...CAMERON...CHETEK...COLFAX...PRAIRIE
FARM...RIDGELAND...RICE LAKE...HILLSDALE...WHEELER.
IF YOUR ARE CAMPING...IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE
TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY
RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM RISING WATER
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4469 9211 4469 9167 4518 9167 4522 9156
4563 9156 4562 9215
$$
BINAU/TDK2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KMPX 040802
FFSMPX
WIC005-033-041100-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR DUNN
AND BARRON COUNTIES...
AT 300 AM CDT...RADAR AND GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT ANYWHERE FROM
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF BARRON COUNTY...AND
THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF DUNN COUNTY. ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS MAY
HAVE FALLEN IN THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...WHICH STRETCHED FROM
NEAR BARRON...TO HILLSDALE...RIDGELAND...AND WHEELER.
AT 130 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 25 THREE
MILES NORTH OF THE BARRON AND DUNN COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BARRON. STREET FLOODING WAS ALSO OCCURRING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CITY OF RICE LAKE.
ALTHOUGH RADAR INDICATES THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD COME TO
AN END...SOME LIGHTER RAINS STILL EXISTED ACROSS BARRON COUNTY. JUST
BECAUSE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...DOES NOT MEAN THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT
HAS DIMINISHED. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
IN DUNN COUNTY...RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF PINE
CREEK...THE HAY RIVER...AND BROKEN CREEK...SHOULD MONITOR WATER
LEVELS ON THESE WATERWAYS AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND SHOULD THEY
THREATEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IN BARRON COUNTY...THOSE WHO LIVE ALONG THE LOWER AND UPPER PINE
CREEKS...FOURMILE CREEK...QUADERER CREEK...JOHNSON CREEK...DORRITY
CREEK...AND SPRING CREEK SHOULD ALSO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AND
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4469 9211 4469 9167 4518 9167 4522 9156
4563 9156 4562 9215
$$
BINAU000
WGUS73 KMPX 041059
FFSMPX
WIC005-033-041130-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DUNN AND BARRON COUNTIES HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
THE RAIN ACROSS BARRON AND DUNN COUNTIES HAS TAPERED TO JUST SOME
SPOTTY LIGHT DRIZZLE...AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOT
EXPECTED. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS FROM BOTH COUNTIES HAVE NOT
HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS SINCE 130 AM...WHEN WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 25
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BARRON. THERE ALSO WERE SOME INTERSECTIONS
IN THE CITY OF BARRON THAT WERE PONDED.
ESTIMATES FROM RADAR SUGGEST THAT THREE TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN
LIKELY FELL OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM RICE LAKE TO JUST NORTH OF
MENOMONIE. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE GATHERED TODAY AS RAINFALL
TOTALS ARE REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND AS
DAYTIME SHEDS LIGHT ON ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED.
LAT...LON 4469 9211 4469 9167 4518 9167 4522 9156
4563 9156 4562 9215
$$
KRAUSENearby
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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.